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click here. RE[5]: B.A.D idea by Tom5 on Wed 17th Jan 2007 22:12
UTC in reply to "RE[4]: B.A.D idea" Member since:  The reason it
fails is not because it's a centralised system, it's because
you're trying to install a package created for one distribution
on another distribution.  Why do you think it fails, then, if
it's not the installation system's fault?  I can install user-
mode-linux on a Debian system and then install the Ubuntu
package inside that. So it's not a hardware limitation.  I can
install Ubuntu in a chroot in my Debian system, and run it from
there, so it's not a kernel issue. I can set DISPLAY to the host
system, so it's not an X problem.  So, that leaves just
libraries and services (daemons). Libraries can be handled as
described in the article.  Services (e.g. mysql) are usually
designed to run across different computers, and so have a stable
protocol.  In fact, the only thing I can think of is D-BUS (a
system service which used t