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On 13:37 Wed 21 Sep 2011, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> I LIKE the contribution of linux distros, and I don't really want to |
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> see a move towards the Windows world where I have 10 different |
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> auto-updaters running (or worse - no auto-update and I'm just stuck |
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> with manual checks). I also don't like every browser having its own |
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> copy of everything from libz to webkit to sqllite. |
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For chrome at least versions and updating are going to become invisible. |
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Google has indicated that they are going to do all the updating |
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invisibly in the background and once that is working they'll remove the |
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version number too. They'll push the security fixes (and just whatever |
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they think enhances your browsing experience) directly to your computer. |
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Thomas Kahle |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~tomka/ |
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