Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 17:10:28 10/31/01
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In that case, just throw everything in /opt. Dave On October 31, 2001 at 17:09:46, Sune Fischer wrote: >On October 31, 2001 at 14:26:46, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On October 31, 2001 at 11:15:09, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >> >>>>I don't like install programs. Once you run install, if you delete something, >>>>uninstall goes bonkers. I'd *much* rather do it myself. Microsoft's Add/Remove >>>>programs thingy is one of the most annoying and stupid parts of all the Win32 >>>>operating systems. >>> >>>"This program has cluttered your windows\system directory with a boatload of >>>crap that's however sometime essential to run your OS and sometimes not. Would >>>you like to uninstall this program and be sure we leave the unessential dung and >>>remove or mutilate the essential files?" >>> >> >> >>Dozens (sometimes hundreds) of DLLs and other cryptic files (why don't they >>actually USE the long filename feature they've had for 6 years??) get splattered >>all over your Windows, Windows\System, and application folders, plus scores of >>strange entries get added or modified in your registry. >> >>On the Macintosh, most commonly you copy one single file to your hard drive. >>The application. Perhaps there's a second file with the help. No DLLs. No >>registry. When you run the app, it saves your preferences in a file with a >>simple, clearly understood name, in the Preferences folder. It's worked this >>way for almost 18 years (with long filenames the whole time). It really is a >>better way. > >I agree completely, I have totally given up on my C: and D: drives for that very >reason. I only keep order on my E: drive. > >This is actually why I have moved away from linux and back to windows. I used >redhat for almost two years, but I never liked the way linux fragment the >programs into .../bin and .../doc directories. It's very hard to get a feel for >what is installed on the system. >Perhaps I should go Mac :) > >-S.
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