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[David Siegel <david.siegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This looks very similar to the Applications Place, coming to an Ubuntu
Netbook near you in 10.10 ;)

David

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 03:57 +0200, Frederik Nnaji wrote:
>
> > * delete application from /usr/share/applications to do "apt-get
> > remove [package]"
> > * drag a package name or apt-url into this folder to do
> > "apt:[package]"
> > * show details about software application in side pane (version,
> > homepage, report a problem etc)
>
> The ROX Desktop, inspired by RISC OS, uses application directories.
> http://roscidus.com/desktop/
> http://freshmeat.net/articles/application-directories
>
> This in combination with http://0install.net/
> As I recall from reading about it years ago, both "installed" and
> "available" applications are represented by launchers, so there's only a
> "run" command, no "install" command. Having an application installed
> locally then only means you have it cached.
>
>
> By now the best known implementation of the basic idea has to be the
> Bundles of MacOS X.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_Bundle
>
>
> --
> Thorsten Wilms
>
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