The Ubuntu Experiment

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/7/30 Gilles Gravier <gilles at gravier.org>:
>> How about the fact that *all* software comes from the same installation
>> sources, the various DEB repos. Same for updates, once you have
>> installed anything via these repos (and I think almost everything you
>> could ever want is available from them) updates for everything, system
>> or applications, come from the same source.
>>
> NOT TRUE!
>
> Medibuntu for the codecs / libdvdcss
> Skype repository for Skype (though it's also on Medibuntu)
> Many other applications (Logitech Squeezebox, for example) have their
> own repository...
>

At least, we can mention that all the repos and software are managed
from within a single application. The different repos are transparent
to the end user at that stage.

Sometimes, a small lie saves a big explanation. I tend to lever that
fact when talking to nontechies.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

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