Ubuntu to make Linux application installation idiot proof


	Ubuntu to make Linux application installation idiot proof

hotdoge3

9-28-2009 9:15 PM

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hotdoge3 says:

There's really nothing that hard about installing programs on Linux. Anyone who still uses shell commands like say, "apt-get install some-program-or-the-other," is doing so because they want to do it that way, not because they have to.

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