[SDL] Linux binary distribution hard? YES

[Rhythmic Fistman]

Brian Raiter writed:

> > IMHO this is the kinda nonsence that helps hold linux back from
> > your average users.
>
> I won't presume to speak for the average user, but one of the reasons
> I use Unix is because the absence of worms and viruses that plague the
> system, and one of the reasons for that lovely absence is Unix's
> long-standing reliance on source distributions and lack of binary
> compatability. I'm sorry that you feel that this is "nonsense that
> holds Linux back". For me it's one of the reasons that I switched.
> Partly it's just pragmatic. If you're unwilling to let me see the
> source code, then what's my motivation for letting that program access
> my network and hard drive?

That IS pragmatic, but why not choose some other random criterion
for deciding whether or not a hopeful program gets to cavort in
the Elysian Fields of your ubuntu box?