i'm a cross between geek/programmer/plain folk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "LinuxNewbie (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 10:11 AM
Subject: [OT] Who uses Linux? (was RE: [newbie] Mandrake...too many apps?)
> 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]
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