XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2010-12-29, amicus_curious  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > "JEDIDIAH"  wrote in message   
   > news:slrnihlo4a.arq.jedi@nomad.mishnet...   
   >> On 2010-12-28, amicus_curious  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> "Lawrence D'Oliveiro"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:ifb9uc$9a4$8@lust.ihug.co.nz...   
   >>>> In message , Homer wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Which is in fact the whole point, and indeed that toolchain and build   
   >>>>> environment is ready to go from the outset, without some convoluted   
   >>>>> setup process.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Here’s a common case: wanting to do your own hacking on a package P that   
   >>>> comes with your distro:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    apt-get source P   
   >>>>      # drops a copy of the source for P in the current directory   
   >>>>    sudo apt-get build-dep P   
   >>>>      # ensures that all necessary dependencies are installed for   
   >>>> building   
   >>>> P   
   >>>>      # from source   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And that’s it—you’re good to go.   
   >>>   
   >>> Except that are still missing any understanding of what to do or how to   
   >>> do   
   >>> it, Larry.  What has been your most useful modification to, say, gimp?   
   >>> Or   
   >>> Linux itself?  Or anything?   
   >>   
   >>    ....which I don't think was ever the point.   
   >>   
   >>    Windows just has to get to the point of being able to deal with the   
   >> sourcecode from the end user "I just want to install this thing" point   
   >> of view. It hasn't even gotten past the baby steps yet.   
   >>   
   > You are grasping at straws, Jedidiah.  The commonplace Windows procedure is   
   > to click on a download button and OK the security interrogation after which   
      
       ...which has no relevance what so ever.   
      
       Someone has to build this stuff. With Unix, and Ubuntu in particular, it   
   can be just some power user. He can have is own bleeding edge repository and   
   EVERY ONE ELSE can benefit from that.   
      
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