Comments on: Packing FOSS http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2008/12/01/packing-foss/ Freedom is the right of all sentient beings Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:21:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Ant Bryan http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2008/12/01/packing-foss/#comment-4379 Ant Bryan Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:03:18 +0000 http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/?p=117#comment-4379 Great idea! I think Appupdater does most of what you want. It's got a command line and GUI. It doesn't have the predetermined groups (Linux versions for OS transition), but the author is always improving it. http://www.nabber.org/projects/appupdater/ Great idea!

I think Appupdater does most of what you want. It’s got a command line and GUI.

It doesn’t have the predetermined groups (Linux versions for OS transition), but the author is always improving it. http://www.nabber.org/projects/appupdater/

]]> By: Sebastian Bengtsson http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2008/12/01/packing-foss/#comment-4377 Sebastian Bengtsson Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:22:01 +0000 http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/?p=117#comment-4377 There are many solutions for unattended remote installation of software packages for windows. Perhaps it is time for apt-msi? ;) There are many solutions for unattended remote installation of software packages for windows.
Perhaps it is time for apt-msi? ;)

]]> By: ‘Til All Are One » FOSS Pack exists! (well, kinda) http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2008/12/01/packing-foss/#comment-4375 ‘Til All Are One » FOSS Pack exists! (well, kinda) Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:24:42 +0000 http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/?p=117#comment-4375 [...] That’s a big step in the right direction, albeit not the beauty we have on GNU/Linux through tools like Add/Remove Applications and apt-url. It haven’t tried them (I rarely use Windows and I don’t have a Mac), but here’s what I think they need to truly shine (based on my last post on the subject): [...] […] That’s a big step in the right direction, albeit not the beauty we have on GNU/Linux through tools like Add/Remove Applications and apt-url. It haven’t tried them (I rarely use Windows and I don’t have a Mac), but here’s what I think they need to truly shine (based on my last post on the subject): […]

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