On Wednesday 07 April 2004 11:29 am, Jaap Haitsma wrote: -----------------STUFF SNIPPED----------------------------------- > However it's not exactly what I was thinking of. Webmin-software doesn't > really bring something new to tools like synaptic or aptitude etc. OK > it's running in a browser and you can access it from a remote PC > > What I was referring to that you have something Click N Run of Lindows. > So the user browses packages.debian.org and then clicks on a link on > that page and then the package get installed. This is really non-tech > savy friendly. > > You could take it even further that you make something like > my.debian.org where you register your PC and where you can see if there > are upgrades etc. If your system crashes you can just go there and get > every package you had installed installed again. etc. etc. > > You could even save your settings there. So getting a new PC up and > running will be a breeze. > > > Jaap ----------------------------------REPLY--------------------------------- You can do this all now if you are using KDE3.XX with KPackage. In fact if you also use apt-listbugs you can tiptoe around Sarge with a fair amount of imunity to bugs, you only need to be sure that the package has not been recently updated on the site. It will only advise of bugs if a bug report has been filed :-) -- John Foster
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