Re:Ever heard of Apt? Emerge? (Score 0)

Sure one might say, "How would the avg. Windows user know to apt-get install ?"
I would answer, "They could figure that out long before they understood how to dl and compile source code, and would certainly require less user knowledge and decisions than going apt-get install , which rarely asks for user input"

I whole heartedly agree and applications like gnome-app-install on Ubuntu are making installing apps on Linux truly trivial.

I let out a slight chuckle when people tell me about their application woes on Windows when they have to drive to the store, purchase and download, or get software from their friend with the latest crack that _may_ work.

I think alot of the attacks on './configure; make; make install' come from people who are used to the Windows paradigm of downloading a setup program and running an installer. They don't have a concept of a package manager. I tend to take the position that, for Linux newbies, if an app doesn't exist on your distro CD or in an online repository for your distro, it doesn't exists for you. Downloading and compiling from source is for advanced users just as it would be on Windows.

Their are some places where Windows might have a leg up on Linux but ease of installation is not it.