I think a lot of this discussion can be applied to the "Select Individual Packages" option later in the install process too.
RH9 had a wonderful interface for selecting specifically which packages you did and did not want, allowing you to see a description and size information on all packages before installing them.
Fedora did away with this interface in exchange for a "simpler" one, which took away the descriptive interface and replaced it with a buggier, more obtuse one.
As an RFE, can we have the old one back?
Japheth "J.C." Cleaver
At 12:03 PM 4/9/2004, you wrote:
On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 15:42, Mark A. Hoover wrote:
> Allowing somebody a choice isn't going to kill anyone here. Isn't that > one of the reasons why we all decided to run Linux in the first place?
I would argue that both your examples (Lilo and an fdisk button) fall into the category of being needlessly redundant. An expert -- the only kind of person who would appreciate the choice -- can choose for themselves if they want to use lilo (admittedly, only after the install) or fdisk (what difference does a button that switches to a console or a key-press sequence make, really?)
One of the challenges of putting together a good distribution is choosing reasonable defaults while allowing experts to customize to their heart's content. Fedora is exceptionally good at that, IMHO.
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