I think I just got caught up in the Unix talk. In the Unix/Linux world
there are lots of hardware differences which are resolved by
distributing applications as source. The installer then compiles the
source to object code for the target machine (including the GUI
interface of choice) and then does the actual install. I think binary
installs are a relative rarity.
Winders, on the other hand, only does binary installs because both the
hardware and the software interfaces are compatible over long periods of
time and technological change. In order for a Windows version to work
there would have had to be Windows specific source code generated at
some point. However, none of the Window stuff on GIMP speaks of Windows
source code "versions" only installers. I was very confused and
couldn't see how that would work.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> That makes perfect sense to me. Calling it an "installer" does not.
>> Knowing that I'd be willing to try it.
>>
>
> You are talking about both.
>
> - The executable is compiled for windoze. You can probably download it
> separately, put it on disk and run it fine.
>
> - The installer is like most winders installers, a one time executable
> that uncompresses the target executable, walks the user through picking
> where to install, what options to install, what startup menu group to
> add a shortcut to, whether to put shortcuts on desktop and/or taskbar,
> etc. It may or may not also make registry entries. My limited experience
> of compiling and/or installing open source apps has been that they may
> not need registry registration.
>
> I haven't tried the GIMP for a long time, so I'm sure it's changed since
> then.
>
> Like you, I can't get very excited about learning another tool when I
> have so much time and experience in PS. even if another app is as
> powerful and useful, a very different UI would set me back a lot.
>
> Moose
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