Let there be only one !

One Package Manager for them All

The idea of one universal package format for all distributions has been batted around a few times over the years.

Developers from RedHat, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Mandriva and Mageia got together last week at the SUSE office in Nürnberg to discuss how they might implement a universal application installer they are referring to as an Application Store. This is in response to the belief that end users aren’t interested in libraries, dependencies, compatibility, and other technical details. They think users only care about screenshots, basic descriptions, ratings, user reviews, and such. The idea is to define and write a tool to find and install applications.

I think this is the best news I have seen this year ! (maybe because the year has just started 🙂 )

No more apt, yast, yam and all other software managers and their repositories !!!

This is the architecture of the new repository looks like:

Architecture

I will be following this with a big interest.


© Copyright 2011 Sorin Mustaca, All rights Reserved. Written For: Sorin Mustaca on Cybersecurity


Check www.endpoint-cybersecurity.com for seeing the consulting services we offer.

Visit www.itsecuritynews.info for latest security news in English
Besuchen Sie de.itsecuritynews.info für IT Sicherheits News auf Deutsch

Related Posts

The Freemium model

I stumbled on a very good article on TechCrunch written by the contributor UZI SHMILOVICI from the company Future Simple. The article is called “The Complete Guide To Freemium Business Models” and it is located here. &copy Copyright 2011 Sorin Mustaca, All rights Reserved. Written For: Sorin Mustaca on CybersecurityCheck www.endpoint-cybersecurity.com for seeing the consulting […]

Twitterfeed

I found a new service which promises to publish every 30 minutes any RSS Feed to a Twitter account. It is called “Twitterfeed” . Let’s see if this post reaches my Twitter account : http://twitter.com/sorinmustaca &copy Copyright 2009 Sorin Mustaca, All rights Reserved. Written For: Sorin Mustaca on CybersecurityCheck www.endpoint-cybersecurity.com for seeing the consulting services […]

Article in German on Focus.de: Smartphone-SicherheitSchutz vor Hacker und Viren: So machen Sie Ihr Handy sicher

Smartphone-SicherheitSchutz vor Hacker und Viren: So machen Sie Ihr Handy sicher Mittwoch, 15.06.2016, 12:24 · von FOCUS-Online-Experte Sorin Mustaca   Zur Person Sorin Mustaca arbeitet seit dem Jahr 2000 in der IT-Sicherheitsbranche. So war er von 2003 bis 2014 bei Avira beschäftigt und dort als Product Manager für Avira Antivir zuständig. Inzwischen arbeitet er als Berater. Mustaca […]