[gobolinux-users] Idea for Gobolinux binary distribution

[Rayne Van-Dunem]

Oops, sorry. That is portableapps.com (for Windows). For Mac:
http://freesmug.org/portableapps.

Rayne

On 10/17/06, Michael Homer <gobo-users-dufus at wotfun.com> wrote:
>
> I don't get how any of this is different to how Gobo packages work
> now. Mounting your "livecd" is `InstallPackage Foo<tab>`, trashing is
> `RemoveProgram Foo && rm -rf /Programs/Foo`. I may be misunderstanding
> you here, though.
>
> You said that if they "who are statedly not part of the overall
> distribution maintenance, can develop an application that works
> specifically for or with that distribution" then it looks better; I
> built Freshen this way, and it's very much tied to the Gobo system,
> obviously. That's a trivial example, but anything else could happen
> the same way.
>
> Gobo has much better third-party support than Gentoo; installing
> something that isn't in Portage is a substantial pain (you have to a)
> write an ebuild or b) find an overlay with it in it. Binaries are
> generally out.). An overlay would be basically the same as adding
> additional repositories for Recipes or packages.
>
> I have a strong feeling I'm missing something in what you said,
> though, I just can't put my finger on what.
> -Michael
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