Anyone can install softwareYou don't have to be the administrator just to install a word-processor [ more ] |
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Anyone can distribute softwareYou don't need to be blessed by a distribution (or anyone else) to be part of Zero Install; |
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Automatic updatesWhen updates are available, Zero Install will notify you[ more ] |
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SecurityIf one user downloads a malicious program, other users aren't affected; |
Zero Install introduction
(screencast with audio commentary)
News
- Jun 2009
- An experimental Firefox extension for Zero Install is now available.
0compile 0.18 adds a GUI to the "autocompile" feature and introduces more support for compiling legacy source code. - May 2009
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0release 0.10 automatically creates binary packages along with the source releases.
Added IdeaTorrent to track popular ideas - open for voting now! - Apr 2009
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0launch 0.40 released (fixes FTP support with Python 2.6).
The new 0compile autocompile feature will download source code and build and register the binary in one go, along with any dependencies. - Mar 2009
- 0launch 0.39 released, with support for translations, improved background updates and better support for the RPM and Fink package managers.
- Jan 2009
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0launch 0.38 released, with better support for sudo, and a new "0store audit" command to check the whole cache.
The 0export command is now much improved, with a simple GUI. - Dec 2008
- Peer-to-peer downloads are now supported (experimental feature).
- Nov 2008
- 0test released; this tool can test combinations of various versions of a program and its dependencies.
- Sep 2008
- 0launch 0.36 released, fixing some performance problems and other bugs.
- Jul 2008
- 0export can be used to create a self-extracting "setup.sh" installer, for distribution on CD, etc.
- Jun 2008
- GNOME and KDE integration is now much improved, with a new interface for managing applications you've added to the menu. See this screenshot at the top of the policy tutorial.
- May 2008
- The new deb2zero utility can publish a Debian package in a Zero Install feed.
- Apr 2008
- 0launch can now fallback to using a mirror automatically. The second part of the video tutorial is now up.
- Mar 2008
- Zero Install interview on netbsd.org.
For more information see the mailing list archives or the release notes on gnomefiles.org.