I'm a economics phd student--I write in LaTeX and do some light
programming so Linux is nicer than Windows for me.
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David Owen Kritzberg (david.kritzberg-at-colorado.edu)
Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Campus Box 256, Boulder CO 80309-0256
Tel: 303-492-7709 Fax: 303-492-8960
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Adam wrote:
> 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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