----- Original Message -----
From: Vincent Danen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Couple of little problems...
> 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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I agree for the most part, however, what I think his point was, was toward
the novice users who may be installing linux for the first time. Right now
it is very old fasioned compared to the windows installation.
Sure, keep the standard packages, but I think recomending ceartain programs
would be a good idea for the new linux user, and the advancement of linuxs'
popularity.
