Zero Install: Goals: "You don't have to be root just to install a word-processor, or its documentation. Most packaging systems only allow the root user to install software.
Traditionally, if a user needs a package that isn't installed, they just get an error message. In the screenshot, the system administrator must install the openoffice.org-help package before the user can read the documentation, or the user must install from source and handle any dependencies themselves. On a Zero Install system, Zero Install would have offered to download the documentation when the user selected Help.
Of course, Debian could fix this particular problem by making the OpenOffice package depend on the documentation package. But then, installing OpenOffice would require far more disk space if you didn't need the documentation (and most of the time, for most versions of most software packages, you don't need the documentation... but an administrator can't know ahead of time what will be needed by their users). Also, users still wouldn't be able to install OpenOffice itself in the first place."
Monday, September 28, 2009
FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments
FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments: "Fail, Owned and Pwn moments in pictures and videos. Share fails, pwns, and owns with the world on FAIL Blog.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The Duct Tape Programmer - Joel on Software
The Duct Tape Programmer - Joel on Software: "The Duct Tape Programmer"
Saturday, September 19, 2009
PowerGUI.org - Free Windows Powershell Community
PowerGUI.org - Free Windows Powershell Community: "Welcome to PowerGUI.org - a free community for PowerGUI, a graphical user interface and script editor for Microsoft Windows PowerShell!"
Friday, September 11, 2009
LegalTorrents™
LegalTorrents™
About LegalTorrents
LegalTorrents is an online digital media community.
We discover and distribute high quality open-licensed (Creative Commons) digital media and art, and provide support to Content Creators. We host creative content in its entirety, ensure fast, reliable downloads, and enable users to directly sponsor Content Creators and their work.
We distribute content with the full permission of the rights holders and use the peer-2-peer file-sharing technology called Bittorrent.
About LegalTorrents
LegalTorrents is an online digital media community.
We discover and distribute high quality open-licensed (Creative Commons) digital media and art, and provide support to Content Creators. We host creative content in its entirety, ensure fast, reliable downloads, and enable users to directly sponsor Content Creators and their work.
We distribute content with the full permission of the rights holders and use the peer-2-peer file-sharing technology called Bittorrent.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
MajorGeeks.com - Download Freeware and Shareware Computer Utilities.
MajorGeeks.com - Download Freeware and Shareware Computer Utilities.: "MajorGeeks.com"
List of categorised software.
List of categorised software.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Internet Archive: Free Download: The Dhammapada
Internet Archive: Free Download: The Dhammapada: "The Dhammapada"
The Dhammapada is is a Buddhist scripture, containing 423 verses in 26 categories. According to tradition, these are verses spoken by the Buddha on various occasions, most of which deal with ethics. It is is considered one of the most important pieces of Theravada literature. Despite this, the Dhammapada is read by many Mahayana Buddhists and remains a very popular text across all schools of Buddhism. - Excerpted from Wikipedia
The Dhammapada is is a Buddhist scripture, containing 423 verses in 26 categories. According to tradition, these are verses spoken by the Buddha on various occasions, most of which deal with ethics. It is is considered one of the most important pieces of Theravada literature. Despite this, the Dhammapada is read by many Mahayana Buddhists and remains a very popular text across all schools of Buddhism. - Excerpted from Wikipedia
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