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On Tuesday 25 September 2007 13:12, Simon Avery wrote: > george wrote: > > A large problem that I have found coming to linux is finding where things > > are, because the directory structures follow unix which has evolved over > > the last 40(?) years rather than been planned. Gobolinux overcomes this > > to large extent. I can see the pro's OK but does anyone know of any > > major con's? > > Duplication of libraries required. > (Sharing libraries is part of what makes linux so efficient and reliable) Thats potentially an advantage - one of the basic ideas behind .NET is the avoidance of DLL hell which is repeated to some degree in Linux. I frequently seem to break some application by loading another, or cant as the libraries conflict. The joys of being on the cutting edge of stupidity! As a single user I can often install everything for a particular application locally so I don't have missmatched libraries. However that only works easily on a 'single user' setup so there may be some advantage in the gobolinux approach. > > Exponential increase in disk size needed. > > No central update system. > > Incompatibility with other linux versions and software. > > > Personally I'm very happy leaving it to apt to add and remove software > so I use debian and debian based distros exclusively. What's easier than > typing "apt-get install product" and "apt-get remove product" - unless > maybe using synaptic or the gui apt-based manager of your choice. In > many cases you don't *need* to know the ins and outs of a filesystem. Its only ever a problem trying to get Firefox plugins to work! Then rpm -ql comes in handy! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html