I just finished installing Beta-3. 3 immediate comments:
1. I noticed that amd was installed by default (as evidenced by the fact
that I couldn't log in because my home directory couldn't be found ;-)).
I'm pretty sure most people are now using autofs, which is newer, cleaner,
and actively maintained. In any case, at the very least the installer
should be given a choice between amd and autofs.
2.
I'm not entirely satisfied with the granularity of choosing packages. For
example, nowhere was I given the option of not installing TeX, as far as I
can tell. (Of course I want TeX, but I think a lot of junk I don't want
was installed anyway.) 1.3 gigabytes! What hath linux come to?
3.
Is there any way not to get kde? kde and gnome are 2 terrible mistakes
IMHO. I chose expert installation and tried very hard not to get any
gnome or kde junk. Still, when I run startx, I end up looking at the kde
desktop. :(p
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PEOPLE NOT CLEAR ON THE CONCEPT (OR TECHNOLOGY, OR HISTORY, OR
ECONOMICS, OR CULTURAL LITERACY) DEPT.:
"Well, it seems to me we ought to be encouraged that in the year 1000,
they had to add a new digit, and yet no evidence of economic disruption.
And then a millennium before, we had dates going down, and then they
started going up, and yet no evidence of disruption or chaos in the
economy. So if they could do it then, surely we can deal with it now,
it seems to me."
-- Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, chairman Senate Banking Committee
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