Hi,
I'm quite excited about Mandrake 8 !
I've just tried an install tho, and I've quit after 20 minutes of
point-and-click drudgery (when selecting packages). I need to know
"dependencies" (implied removals and installs), but the problem is that
every time such dependency box shows up, I have to locate the OK button
with the mouse, and that (with the installation on the laptops I would
have to do) is very impractical. I guess that's a bug, that the OK button
doesn't get keyboard focus.
I could bear it if I only had to go through this drudgery once in 6
months, but the horrifying thought is "this is beta, and if something goes
wrong *after* I've painfully selected my packages, *I would have to waste
that time again* !". That thought of time waste quite discourages me from
installations, and from beta test participations.
But I *want to* do the beta, since I'm quite excited about Mdk8.
Someone please help !
Also is there a way to select just the necessary basics as to avoid the
mouse drudgery during install ? Using the installed basics I would then
reboot into the newly installed linux, and finish the installation with
some nicer tool ? Something like MandrakeUpdate ? (But MandrakeUpdate
doesn't allow me to install *additional* packages, only updates existing
installed. So which tool would I use which is like MandrakeUpdate, but
also allows me to install *additional* packages ?)
Great work on Mandrake 8,
Jan
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