Mandrake is pretty stupid, too. The package installer allows you to select a ton of packages all at once, and it supposedly works out dependency problems beforehand. But when you install, it informs you of "additional" dependency problems in the middle of installation. Instead of automatically selecting them, it simply lists the ones you need, and QUITS! Your only option is to write down the names of all the dependencies you need, select them manually, and restart the installation. It took me forever just to install the C programming tools. I tried to just installing everything possible, but there are multiple versions of each tool, and they will conflict with each other, so you have to select everything, then deselect the tools with version conflicts.
I really hate Linux packages, when a good 'ol Setup.exe will suffice. Tar.gz files wouldn't be so bad if there wasn't so much typing involved. As a Windows user, I really hate having to use command prompts unnecessarily.
