Comments on: The Linux desktop needs to be pre-installed http://www.dankohn.com/archives/349 Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one. - A.J. Liebling Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:49:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roberto Di Cosmo http://www.dankohn.com/archives/349/comment-page-1#comment-223 Roberto Di Cosmo Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:29:12 +0000 http://www.dankohn.com/archives/349#comment-223 I strongly agree: upgrades are extremely difficult operations (their complexity is NP complete at best), and one should not confront new users upfront with its intricacies. Nonetheless, the problem of upgrades is real, and will only get worse with time, so it needs to be adressed scientifically. You may want to look at what the Mancoosi project is doing in this area (http://www.mancoosi.org). I strongly agree: upgrades are extremely difficult operations (their complexity is NP complete at best), and one should not confront new users upfront with its intricacies.
Nonetheless, the problem of upgrades is real, and will only get worse with time, so it needs to be adressed scientifically. You may want to look at what the Mancoosi project is doing in this area (http://www.mancoosi.org).

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