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So I've had a Mac for a month now. And there's a new version of Firefox
that has some bug and security fixes, so I thought it'd be wise to
upgrade.
Under Debian, I'd also upgrade the rest of my system, just because it's
just as easy and doesn't take a lot more time. I would type two simple
commands and it would get me new versions of everything, probably
including Firefox:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
But - with my shiny new Mac Mini, I have to upgrade Firefox the same way
I installed it, and I recall not liking that. Again, with Debian, it'd
have been just one simple command:
apt-get install firefox
Which downloads and installs all without my intervention. Instead, I
have to:
1. start a browser (in this case Firefox)
2. enter a URL (getfirefox.com)
3. click a link (download)
4. wait for the download to finish
5. double click an icon (dmg)
6. drag another icon to the Applications folder
7. confirm that I want to replace the old one
8. close the Finder window again
9. select two icons (dmg and mounted volume)
10. drag them to Trash
And after all that hard labour, all that's upgraded is just one program!
There's not even something that can tell me what updates are available
for the many programs I have installed the past month, so I have to
check that manually too.
As far as I am concerned, Apple's Mac OS X and Microsoft's Windows XP
are not yet ready for the Desktop. This is too much hard and confusing
work to confront newbies with. I'm lucky to be a geek and understand the
entire 10 step procedure!
Juerd
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