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2007-12-22
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2007-12-22
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Once Maemo comes back on stream then is there any way that I can download a copy of an application install to my own hard drive so that I only ever have to visit Maemo once per application in future? And so that other folks can back up/mirror the Maemo repos.
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2007-12-22
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2007-12-22
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If the app doesn't have outside dependencies you can find and download the deb files sometimes by going to the developers homepage in Maemo Garage.
Search >>HERE<<
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2007-12-22
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2007-12-23
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2007-12-23
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2007-12-23
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I am new to Linux repo land, but on Windows (yeah, I know) I have never come across such a brittle distribution system. Furthermore, it is trivial to make your own copies of an application distribution for later installs. Installing a media player or Python is not rocket science - or is it?
It seems to have taken several uber-geeks several hours to figure out how to cobble together a new distribution for Canola. Is this normal for Linux?
Once Maemo comes back on stream then is there any way that I can download a copy of an application install to my own hard drive so that I only ever have to visit Maemo once per application in future? And so that other folks can back up/mirror the Maemo repos.
What happens if Maemo really goes down? Like a building fire or a lightening strike or gets badly hacked. I suppose they have backups ...