>>>>> "j" == joabb2 <JoAnne> writes:
E> Installation: I chose "Expert" and "Custom system", for better
E> control over selection of software packages.
j> Practically everyone will pick expert. (once)
That's ironic: I'm _supposed_ to _be_ an expert (almost 9 yrs on
Linux!) and yet, I almost always choose Automatic because it is easier
and faster to undo its overzealousness by hand than fight with those
tedious tree-menus!
Maybe we should switch the prompts ;)
I remember once, 6 or 7 years ago, sitting in a high level meeting at
Bell Canada (large telco) where the new "Internet Group" was being
introduced to some senior execs. An exec asked us "Who here would
call themselves an Web 'guru'?" and _all_ of us senior people, most of
whom had 5 or more years Internet experience, mumbled out loud that
_nobody_ *really* knows anything about how people will use the
Internet, wereas all the fresh young learn-webdesign-in-a-semester
graduates immediately pronounced themselves Gurus.
Seriously, though, we _should_ do something about the number of
packages we make people select. We need more degrees of 'install
types' than Office/Games/Dev/Server. Maybe some sort of install
wizard that asks you how much you know and what you need, or perhaps
install some means to track the software you use so you can see how
many of the packages we've installed are just wasting space. My guess
is a large percent of the typical install is never actually executed
even on an 'experts' machine, although the packages in that percent
are different for everyone.
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