matzipan

Is this of help to you? https://github.com/spotify/debify

Is space really an issue in most non-mobile user devices nowadays? Consider the tradeoffs: a bit of space vs. packaging nightmare which results in old, buggy and insecure packages. This was posted a few days back on hn: https://statuscode.ch/2016/02/distribution-packages-consider...

I am not sure if the whole jar package dependency management would work under ART.

Well, it's the system that is composed of packages. The app images would be distributed through an app center. Most users wouldn't have to touch the system packages in their daily use case.

What I'm suggesting is a decoupling between system package managers and application image managers (which should run across distributions/versions).

Edit: thinking about it, this should also be the perfect opportunity for a cross-distribution app store/center.

What this could and should lead to is this: a separation between system packages and user applications, prefferably with two different managers.

What we have now are mostly system package managers, you want them to be stable, secure, having the latest features might not be necessary.

But we see more and more often that that distribution channel doesn't work well with applications: you end up with old, buggy, insecure applications because the distribution just couldn't keep up with the upstream update cycle. Why not have a cross-distribution application manager which distributes AppImages? That way, application distribution is an effort concentrated over all the distributions, possibly benefiting the entire community.

Yes. But it's still better, since your distribution package manager can just pull directly from upstream rather than rebuilding by themselves.

Edit: Come to think of it, considering how many applications out there haven't had any updates in years... that might not be such a good idea.

It's not only that the attitudes have changed. What percentage of the people working there in 1998 are still working there?

I haven't really had problems with OS X.

There's the occasional odd package under Linux which remains installed and you need to manually remove it, but nothing unfixable. But I guess that depends more on the underlying OS structure. I'm looking forward to see more widespread usage of Snappy Ubuntu.

Since that is the main way people migrate to Windows 10, I would've expected them to be more careful with it.

I'll grab an ISO at some point and do it... I didn't have any point of comparison, so I didn't know how it should be behaving.

The Skype app crashes so frequently. When it finally decides to work, the microphone doesn't work. If you feel really really brave, you can try putting the app to background, except that might cause your video feed to not work anymore. Remember those files somebody sent you 3 months ago? Well, you haven't recieved them on this device yet. This is true for Windows, Linux and Android. In an update about a month ago, Windows 10 introduced the "Messaging" and "Video" apps. Which were both based on Skype infrastructure. They.didn't.work. Which makes me wonder if they ever tested them before even releasing them.

To be fair, Hangouts has gotten a bit better, but it still feels like there's nobody actually actively working on any of the apps. Or at least, nobody who is working on the app dogfoods it. But this app is no stranger to ignoring your microphone, or showing you that you're still in a conversation which has ended several hours ago.

Facebook Messenger has not disappointed me yet, which might make it the strongest and most stable contender to date.

Windows 8 came preinstalled with the computer and then just updated to Windows 10 from it. If the main upgrade method is broken, I'm not sure what to believe anymore...

> * No desktop client Uhmmm... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-hangouts/kn... ... You don't even need to have Chrome open, just installed.

Why? Management changes, engineers change, everything changes. Saying "No" just because it's Microsoft is incredibly short-sighted.

And even if it were so: the product as it is today was mostly developed while it wasn't even under Microsoft.

I don't like the fact that it uses an external API. I don't like a third party (other than my mail host) to have access to my email password and messages.

Why is WebRTC bloat? A lot of people us it for video calls nowadays. Pocket is a neat solution for avoiding having lots of tabs eating your memory, which in turn ends up causing page swapping and messing with your experience.

"pdf are bloat for most mortals"

That's alright, it means in 99% cases it's just a very small javascript file on your disk. No harm done.

Windows 10 is a pretty good OS but has serious issues with drivers (it tries to be clever and breaks stuff). And the startup is sooooo slow and the UI crashes twice before I ever get the chance to give it input.

The Mail, Calendar and OneNote apps kept me hooked. But the lack of a decent terminal was killing me. Also, Skype didn't work properly half the time and the new "Video" and "Messaging" apps built on top of Skype were crashing 90% of the time.

Sorry, but I'd be surprised if Google or Siri don't answer your question to "I need the number to the printing company on the east side", it's a pretty trivial thing to lookup. Also, Google and Siri bring you cost efficiency and scale, something you can't easily do with directory enquiries.

> Realplayer sucked but it was about a thousand times more reliable than the current compatibility crapshoot.

So Vorbis/MP3 and WebM/H.264 is not good enough for compatibility over all the browsers?

I empathized when the robot faceplanted...

Also, you won't benefit from the ready-made modules that are available out there.

Used both, difference is non-existant. Not sure what parent means.

On his side? Yes...

How is that?

True, PG's writings are not the bible just as his agreement with this business idea doesn't mean it's a good idea.

I used my own judgement and concluded that this is a worthless idea, as competition is high and differentiation low. I referenced that article to give credit to the original author.

Yet another startup solving yet another already solved problem with little to no differentiation.

That's why we need to encourage more kids to do STEM and tackle hard problems, rather than encouraging "makers" and getting them all to be app builders.

I have yet to live the day I will regain my faith in startups.

So basically, it's nothing they won't be able to do in less than a week themselves.

Then use your logo and slogan to indicate something else other than DNA.

It's idiotic. You're not bringing in any major differentiation. Your idea will be implemented by your competitors in less than a week and you will have no competitive advantage and way less clients.

You've been through YC? How the hell did you graduate? Because you just did mistake number 4: http://paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html

I do agree with the cookie blocking on those Google APIs and Gravatar pages.

S and X Thinkpad lines have considerably improved screens nowadays. Nowhere near Retina, but they get the job done. Also, most of the parts inside are field serviceable, you don't really need more than a screwdriver to fix it.

Same on Linux. Google really needs to get a grip on that.