In reply to Purple Shirt's letter who wrote on 3 Aug:
... Now I had just one more comment. I wonder if anybody else of the SuSE users ran into this. This happens everytime I install SuSE. Everytime and I started using SuSE at 5.3
Well, I never use any of the preselected packages. I always mix my own installs. That way I know what I have and can choose what I want.
... I KNOW I can create my own setup and save it on floppy I just feel SuSE could remedy this problem I have and maybe many others too.
Well, maybe this is a futile attempt. Everybody has his own little preferences. I think it would be awfully hard to please everyone. I think your comments below are good and perhaps SuSE would cover more user in following them. However, I'd probably still cook up my own mix and you would probably do so as well.
I sometimes spend half an hour selecting and deselecting packages because SuSE's defaults are either too slim or too thick. Why do you have to include 5 or 6 news readers with the network install???
Here is what I would propose.
1. SuSE takes close look of what is in their default installs and takes out any add-ons. There is a sum of programs which have been found to be unique and cuting edge and proven. I like to just see them included and not hidden among all the other stuff. It would be helpful if there was default installs lets call them 'slimmy jimmys' which are kept lean. Then at least I only have to search for additional components and not also for packages which I need to deselect.
2. SuSE creates more default installs and increases the choices we got. e.g. Network - slim, network - sleak, network - fat I hope you get my point.
3. SuSE totally revamps the way we install things and creates a menu like selection process. (I like the 'menuconfig' choice for the kernel.)
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