On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 19:21, zentara wrote:
4. I don't think the installation is as professional as it used to be. A professional expects a command to do what he asks, no more, and no less. Now everytime I try to install some rpm with yast2, I'm sweating what extras I will get. Earlier versions of SuSE used to have these stern characteristics, but now it's "easy to install a KDE desktop" but a simple fvwm2 desktop with a few chosen servers running is hard to get right.
Sadly, this seems to be the trend with all the major distros (except Slackware). I fear that major Linux distros will become Windows some day soon, which may be what they want and may be what most consumers want. At least the source will there to make things the way you want, even if it takes a lot of effort.
Personally I don't think you help new users by hiding everything from them. A new user would be far better off learning to install a console-text-only system, and then learn to setup and start X, and then choose a desktop. It was like that in earlier versions, and you learned what things were all about.
Ditto. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ Sing blue silver Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net