Hi raid517,

as the developer of klik, I hope I can make things a bit clearer:

klik enables the user to install and run software by simply using a klik:// link. This even works from the live CD because all files that are needed to run a specific application are installed inside one single directory inside your $HOME.

The goal is to make all debian applications klik-able, that means that one day the whole debian repository, the largest distribution in the world with thousands of applications, would be instantly usable without the need for complicated installations, and, what is even better, without the need to be root and without the possibility to mess up the rest of the system.

If you don't like an app (or it doesn't run), simply delete the application directory and it is gone.

How can you help?

- klik needs a hosting sponsor since berlios and SourceForge have drastically cut their service level. A ssh account with 100 MB web space, Apache with PHP, running on a debian server should do it. (Must be debian because of serverside-apt, which runs on the server). The bandwidth requirement is relatively moderate because the actual software packages are NOT stored on the klik server.

- You can vote for http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81772 - if you do and if the KDE developers hear us, we will get better AppDir support in KDE, which would make klik and the concept of application directories more usable (Apple and ROX already have it).

- If you have further ideas or want to help, please drop me a line: probono at myrealbox dot com or on IRC #klik #knoppix or #kanotix.

Thanks and greetings,
probono