On Nov 26, 2009, at 13:45, Lucas Maneos wrote:
>>
>> - The ones that will use CLI apps, have enough knowledge to install them via
>> apt-get.
>
> If they are even aware of them in the first place, and then there's the
> matter of keeping them updated, remembering which ones to re-install
> manually after a reflash etc. It's a horrible user experience :-(
While I agree this is a painful user experience, there is room to make this
less painful. An app with GUI could be made to pull down apps that were once on
the device. From debian reference;
To make a local copy of the package selection states:
# dpkg --get-selections "*" > myselections
You can transfer this file to another computer, and install it there with:
# dselect update
# dpkg --set-selections < myselections
# dselect install
In fact, a simple GUI around apt-get, like Synaptic, would be a much better
experience than HAM because it would eliminate the silly question and checkbox
Nokia adds, and you could download more than one package at a time.
Jeremiah
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