On Saturday 07 May 2011 06:16:36 pm Carl Hartung wrote:
On Sat, 7 May 2011 20:58:19 -0700
Randall R Schulz <rschulz@sonic.net> wrote:
People go on endlessly about whether Linux is suitable for desktop purposes. Well, to be so, it needs to have content indexing.
Hi Randall,
I have no problem with these utilities being available, I just think they should be /optional/, not installed by default.
And the present arrangement is not all that 'harmless' either.
I can remember at least three or four incidents ... until I figured out what was going on ... where my time and attention were diverted from working productively to suddenly troubleshooting and diagnosing an unexpected sudden drop in system responsiveness with a sustained grinding at the hard disk. Until I caught on, I was worried that my app was going to freeze or X would crash or /something/ along those lines was happening and my filesystem might get trashed or corrupted.
I say make them available but optional instead of 'springing it on them' without warning.
regards,
Carl
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? d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org