On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Tima Vaisburd wrote:
> > I think it is good to have choice, even if I will never use Eterm.
> > Otherwise it may be good to remove some other useless packages
> Just a small comment. I'm expecting from a good distribution
> like Linux Mandrake not only stability, performance
> and up-to-date programs, but also a kind of advise from the experts -
> which programs to learn and use.
>
> I think it would be nice to keep a list of packages reasonably small,
> so we can trust all of them as "recommended".
Yes and no... what they may think are the best programs may not be what
others think.. I know people that live and die by Emacs, and others that
do by VI, and personally, I'm a joe kinda guy.. I love joe and would be
upset if they removed joe because they came up with the attitude that
Emacs and VI are the big boys and they shouldn't have another 10 editors
like joe, pico, jed, and the others because they felt they were inferior.
I think if Mandrake took that view-point, they'd find a quickly
diminishing user base.
The whole point of Linux is personal preference and choice... choices you
make by looking at and playing with different packages... draw your own
conclusions. Start dictating packages on install and that's too close to
the way *other* operating systems are laid out.
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