The package manager is Linux's killer app, but new users coming from Windows or OS X don't expect it, don't understand it and don't use it. Blub phenomenon. (I

The package manager is Linux's killer app, but new users coming from Windows or OS X don't expect it, don't understand it and don't use it. Blub phenomenon. (If an open-source program isn't already installed. click the Applications menu, go to Add/Remove, and select the programs you want to install. Any dependencies are taken care of automatically, even for complicated packages like web servers. Click "Apply". You're done. If a free but closed-source program like Skype isn't shown, try adding the Medibuntu repository.) Another interesting example of death-by-alternatives is the beleaguered Linspire's Click-N-Run initiative: http://www.cnr.com/ http://www.cnr.com/ Stillborn? Perhaps. But in theory, CNR should have been an easy way for new converts to download and install programs the way they're most comfortable, and still benefit from the OS's package manager.