On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:45:22 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> http://neugierig.org/software/chromium/notes/2011/08/zygote.html
> 
> Check out the third paragraph.

It's a shame he doesn't get the Linux pieces down very well.

The package manager, for example, doesn't control whether files are 
replaced or deleted - what he's seeing is part of the standard filesystem 
behaviour.  I could just as easily cause the problems he describes by 
deleting necessary files while a program is running.

Similarly, his assertion in the last paragraph is laughably funny - ask 
any user of Slackware whether the apps they use are 'lame ports of 
Windows apps" because they're all installed through tgz files.

And what he asserts about Chrome and Chromium not working well together 
shows a lack of understanding of packaging dependencies for RPM and DEB 
packages.  They *could* well set up a dependency that says not to install 
if Chromium is installed (or to identify the packages as non-compatible).

Jim

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