On Thursday 04 September 2003 13:30, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> David Baudens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Problem is that a terminal emulator is not needed for an
> > office/multimedia/internet/ect. workstation. So, if people who install
> > computer don't explictly say he want to use a terminal, there is no
> > reason to install it. It is why Konsole is not installed when KDE is
> > installed.
> >
> > Act as that seems to me reasonable
>
> I humbly think that's not good.
>
> Just as a side note, in Windows XP, only solution to do a real
> check of the disk is to open a "Command Prompt" (that's how it's
> called, and it's installed by default) and to use "chkdsk" from
> there. Just to show that even users of XP ("the easy OS") need
> sometimes to do things in Command Prompt - and we even encourage
> them to do a chkdsk from there before installing Mandrake.
>
> Now, there is another reason, maybe even more important: Linux
> is, as Windows, still too complicated for most users, who tend to
> ask their friends for support when they have a request. And these
> friends will surely often ask them to open a "console" or a
> "terminal" and launch whatever command from there. Hitting
> Ctrl-Alt-F1 is more complicated (and won't work if they want to
> launch an XFree app). Thus, a "terminal" program should be
> installed and easily accessible from the Menu, in my humble
> opinion (even if one is accessible from MCC, because if the
> friend is a Debian fan he won't know that).? I don't understand why people want always install a terminal. Most of users don't need it. If you need one, simply choose Consoles tools category when you can choose which packages should be installed. And if you need one after installation, simply launch rpmdrake and install a terminal. I can understand that most of people using Cooker need a terminal. But you also need to understand that we don't develop a product only for Cooker users. Most of our users simply don't need a terminal. -- David Baudens MandrakeSoft - http://www.mandrakesoft.com
