On Jan 20, 2008 12:04 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tom Horsley wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, how feasible do you think it might > > be to give up on the overwhelmingly complex task of > > making all 3rd party software installation compatible, > > and instead make linux userland be able to install > > multiple incompatible packages (heck, be able to install > > both rpms and debs for that matter) in multiple "virtual > > roots"? > > Why not just give up on any Linux install being compatible with any > other and compile everything statically instead - like the commercial > apps are forced to do since they can't count on anything in common among > distributions? Kinda like Google Earth and Skype? -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )
