On Sun, 08 May 2011 01:28:11 -0400
Felix Miata
On 2011/05/07 18:35 (GMT-1000) kanenas@hawaii.rr.com composed:
a long time ago users had to have the knowledge and abilty to define what they wanted in a new install. Now we get about 3 gigabytes of shtuff with even the simplest install with a functioning x engine and too much nonsense slips in hidden from our eyes. perhaps there is a need for a more detailed install menu?
It's detailed enough I have no problem finding strigi, apparmor, splashy, kdepim4, gtk2-immodule*, bluez, ktorrent, and other nuisances and bloatware and setting taboo on them before proceeding to the main installation step. It would be nice to have a minimal KDE install that leaves out anything not strictly necessary to reach a KDE desktop with working app launcher, minimalist panel, YaST2, KControl, Konsole and nothing else. The way it is now it seems for every other needed app selected 3-6 recommends get yanked in with it.
+1 I think maybe 'patterns' are now partly responsible for this behavior. It is so easy to just select a pattern and accept the defaults without modifying / verifying what gets pulled in. And I don't think this is an archaic issue of 'cpu ticks' and 'disk space', but one of encouraging 'cleanliness' or an organized methodology vs 'clutter' and a less well organized system. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org