Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late

c186282 <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:00:07 -0400

Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Organization	wokiesux
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On 7/28/26 00:40, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:20:27 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> 
>> I'm still a fan of static-linked binaries. No DLL hell, no installer
>> that has to know where to scatter a myriad of files, no breakages
>> when a library gets updated.
> 
> To those of us who take for granted that there will be a systemwide
> package manager to handle the dependencies and updates, built on an
> underlying platform that knows how to handle shared-library
> versioning, none of that is a problem.

   Seeing more and more probs with those perfect
   managers though. Still 'ok' by and large but
   I see bitching about missing dependencies, oft
   involving v0.0.1 differences.

   Linux isn't simple enough anymore.

   So, prep "app-images" - all-in-one. Bigger, but
   that's really not a thing these days.