OP4Latino
07-07-2005, 07:15 AM
Have you ever tried "The Zero Install system"?
http://zero-install.sourceforge.net/index.html
Anyone can install software
You don't have to be root just to install a word-processor.
Anyone can distribute software
You don't need to be blessed by a distribution (or anyone else) to be part of Zero Install.
It doesn't matter whether software is installed or not
You just run it. Zero Install handles the rest (downloading and caching as needed).
Downloads are shared
If one user installs a 20 Mb application, another user can run it without downloading it again.
Users don't need to trust each other
If one user downloads a malicious program, other users aren't affected.
Here's an example: http://zero-install.sourceforge.net/filesystem.html#id2415707
http://zero-install.sourceforge.net/index.html
Anyone can install software
You don't have to be root just to install a word-processor.
Anyone can distribute software
You don't need to be blessed by a distribution (or anyone else) to be part of Zero Install.
It doesn't matter whether software is installed or not
You just run it. Zero Install handles the rest (downloading and caching as needed).
Downloads are shared
If one user installs a 20 Mb application, another user can run it without downloading it again.
Users don't need to trust each other
If one user downloads a malicious program, other users aren't affected.
Here's an example: http://zero-install.sourceforge.net/filesystem.html#id2415707