On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Jerome Tan wrote:
> > Yes, I had some problems at my first installation of Linux, but
> >I've solved them... I'm not saying that installing Linux is easier than
> >installing Win, but I wouldn't like it if it would be the same... Why?
> >Because I want to have full control over what is installing and what is
> >not, due to the fact that I know what I need and I know what I don't...
> >And I hope you'll agree that most people don't want this kind of
> >installation, because they aren't really sure what they need and what they
> >don't. I have to confess that it is not my dream to see all the people
> >around me using Linux, just because in my opinion professional cannot be
> >easy, and easy cannot be professional...
> >
> I like that idea. That's what I like about Linux, you have the power to know
> behind what the software is doing, unlike in MS, there's a lot of mysterious
> chunking in your HD without your knowledge.
>
> If there would be a customized version of Linux for the newbies, it would
> have been better.
>
With the problem that newbies using this customized version might not
realize that they use a "scaled down" version of Linux, which might lead
to the problem that people start thinking of linux as a "toy OS".
What might be advisable is a system that always boots into X (runlevel 4),
and presents a nice desktop (WindowMaker, KDE, Gnome, whatever...). This
could be configured during install (config options : Are you a newbie
?Yes/No), and would not require anything special (just a different
/etc/inittab)
Frank
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