I fall into the "used to be a programmer and unfortunately fell up into
management" type, but I still try to keep myself current.
I'm curious also - what type of question during the install would you think
is confounding to a new user ? It seems to me that every question during
the installs at any level are clearly outlined in the documentation you get
with the software. I doubt a new user would be downloading the distro from
an FTP site, so I am guessing the package was purchased. Seemed to me that
you can click on a few options and then go away and come back to find the
OS just about installed. What do you see as being difficult ?
cheers,
philomena
At 09:11 AM 9/20/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Just curious, how many of y'all:
>
> * are programmer folk
> * are IT folk
> * are plain user folk
>
>Don't get me wrong, I really like Linux and hope it flourishes. And I'm not
>saying that Linux sucks in any way!
>
>But I'm just wondering because, without getting into a flame war, I'm
>surprised how bad the installation of Mandrake is. I got Mandrake because it
>was supposed to be the most friendly distribution to install and no doubt
>it's better than RedHat or Debian and for all intents and purpose it's a
>good installation process. But some of the questions the installer would
>ask were just confounding to a new user and the method that you select
>packages were a bit disconcerting. I know that Linux is not for the timid,
>but there seem to be just little things that could be changed to faciliate
>the whole "experience." I doubt a first time Linux user would click on
>Expert, the "psychology" of Linux seems a little wacked but I guess it's not
>an OS that's intended for the general population.
>
>Let me reiterate: Don't get me wrong, I really like Linux and hope it
>flourishes. And I'm not saying that Linux sucks in any way!
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 2:34 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake...too many apps?
>
>
>On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > Have you tried doing an expert install and selecting the applications
> > yourself ? That way, you know exctly what you have installed on your
> > system.
> >
> > cheers,
> > philomena
>
>yea, theres about a thousand of em. have fun :)
>
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > One of the few things I don't care for with Mandrake is the large number
> > > of apps it installs by default that are of little use to me. Couple this
> > > the seeming all or nothing selection process and
> > > the lack of documnetation (that I can find) on exactly what is included
> > > in the Misc category or not installed with the available
> > > percentage of options and I always wind up with a very cluttered menu
> > > stucture. I was wondering if the boxed set includes any more app
> > > selection information...if so it would certinly be worth the price to
> > > me.
> > > --
> > > Paul Bary
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
