[CoLoCo] Standardized Repositories

[Michael "TheZorch" Haney]

I saw an article some time ago that basically pointed out that the 
number one thing that was really holding Linux back from becoming fully 
mainstream was a lock of Standardization in Linux when it comes to 
package management.  I responded with saying that Windows had no package 
management system at all, and that uninstall programs often leave many 
thing behind including registry keys, folders, and .DLL files which only 
caught Windows to slow down, but the argument had a good point.  Linux 
needs a Standardized system of Package Management across all 
distributions.  Ubuntu and many others use the Debian package managment 
system, Red Hat and distros based on it use RPMs, and so on and so 
forth.  If you want to install an app on Ubuntu that's in an RPM you 
can't use Aptitude and need a separate piece of software to do the 
install.  This starts to make Linux more like Windows with every piece 
of software using different types of installers.  There should be a 
universally accepted package management system adopted by all distros 
regardless if they are Debian based, Red Hat based or Slackware based 
instead of all of these different competing package management formats.  
It starts to get as confusing as the different versions of Windows Vista 
for your Average Joe computer user.  Thus, the argument is in a way 
correct, there are too many different competing types of distros out 
there and a single package management format must be chosen if Linux is 
going to make further headway.

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