The Future of Packaging Software in Linux

There are currently at least five popular ways of installing software in GNU/Linux. None of them are widely accepted throughout the popular distributions. This situation is not a problem for experienced users – they can make decisions for themselves. However, for a newcomer in the GNU/Linux world, installing new software is always pretty confusing. The article tries to sum up some of the recent efforts to fix this problem and examine the possible future of packaging software in GNU/Linux.

92 Comments

  1. 2007-02-22 11:39 pm
  2. 2007-02-22 11:51 pm
    • 2007-02-23 5:26 am
  3. 2007-02-23 12:15 am
    • 2007-02-23 5:42 am
    • 2007-02-23 9:20 am
    • 2007-02-23 9:24 am
      • 2007-02-24 4:02 pm
        • 2007-02-24 6:07 pm
        • 2007-02-24 7:41 pm
  4. 2007-02-23 12:18 am
    • 2007-02-23 12:34 am
      • 2007-02-23 12:44 am
        • 2007-02-23 12:52 am
          • 2007-02-23 12:54 am
          • 2007-02-23 1:01 am
          • 2007-02-23 1:08 am
          • 2007-02-23 1:16 am
          • 2007-02-23 3:33 am
          • 2007-02-23 1:19 am
          • 2007-02-23 1:31 am
          • 2007-02-23 6:25 pm
          • 2007-02-23 3:46 am
          • 2007-02-23 9:24 am
          • 2007-02-24 12:25 am
          • 2007-02-24 1:01 am
          • 2007-02-24 2:22 am
          • 2007-02-24 9:19 am
          • 2007-02-24 6:05 pm
          • 2007-02-24 6:52 pm
          • 2007-02-24 8:04 pm
          • 2007-02-24 8:31 pm
          • 2007-02-24 9:12 pm
        • 2007-02-23 12:57 am
          • 2007-02-23 8:11 pm
    • 2007-02-23 12:50 am
      • 2007-02-23 1:00 am
        • 2007-02-23 4:45 am
      • 2007-02-23 2:40 am
        • 2007-02-23 3:41 am
          • 2007-02-23 4:18 pm
          • 2007-02-24 12:10 am
          • 2007-02-24 5:20 pm
          • 2007-02-24 6:11 pm
        • 2007-02-23 5:12 am
          • 2007-02-23 2:23 pm
    • 2007-02-23 1:20 am
    • 2007-02-23 3:35 am
    • 2007-02-23 5:50 am
  5. 2007-02-23 12:22 am
    • 2007-02-23 3:30 am
      • 2007-02-23 2:40 pm
      • 2007-02-23 4:00 pm
        • 2007-02-24 12:02 am
          • 2007-02-24 1:02 am
          • 2007-02-24 2:07 am
    • 2007-02-23 6:01 am
      • 2007-02-23 4:04 pm
      • 2007-02-24 12:11 am
  6. 2007-02-23 12:44 am
    • 2007-02-23 1:20 am
  7. 2007-02-23 12:44 am
    • 2007-02-23 4:06 am
  8. 2007-02-23 2:53 am
  9. 2007-02-23 3:04 am
  10. 2007-02-23 3:18 am
  11. 2007-02-23 6:59 am
    • 2007-02-23 3:57 pm
      • 2007-02-23 8:42 pm
    • 2007-02-23 4:58 pm
  12. 2007-02-23 8:23 am
  13. 2007-02-23 11:19 am
    • 2007-02-23 12:16 pm
    • 2007-02-23 7:33 pm
  14. 2007-02-23 1:04 pm
  15. 2007-02-23 2:05 pm
  16. 2007-02-23 2:06 pm
  17. 2007-02-23 4:48 pm
  18. 2007-02-23 5:34 pm
    • 2007-02-23 5:56 pm
    • 2007-02-24 12:24 am
      • 2007-02-24 12:31 am
      • 2007-02-24 3:46 am
        • 2007-02-24 6:14 pm
  19. 2007-02-23 6:17 pm
    • 2007-02-24 12:17 am
  20. 2007-02-23 10:22 pm
  21. 2007-02-24 12:14 am
  22. 2007-02-24 10:06 pm
    • 2007-02-24 10:41 pm
      • 2007-02-24 11:00 pm
        • 2007-02-25 2:37 pm