The goal of this project is to create a more user friendly graphical package management 
system for Linux, that will be based on the already existing Gentoo portage system. We 
will be making the GUI simple so that it will apply to various versions of Linux.  We 
hope that with this application managing program installations and updates will become 
easier. Linux will become a more viable option for home and business users who wish to 
try an alternate operating system and destktop environment.  The secondary goal of this 
project is to create the user interface in such a way that it is just as easily used by 
system administrators and highly knowledgeable computer users.  We intend to provide the 
functionality listed at: http://www.app2.unisys.com/simplify/linux/DCL_Capabilities.pdf

ID:M.SWPM Software Package Management

We intend to allow this program to be expanded to other platforms by defining an API based
on Gentoo that any distribution could conform to.  We chose Gentoo because the Gentoo 
system takes care of dependencies automatically.  Also everything is compiled from source 
when installed which will improve system performance.  However users may also have the 
option of using binary packages to reduce install time.