Hi > As far as it concerns me there are 4GB of useless software in FC3, > but I would guess that there are groups who couldn't live with out > each of the pieces of software I feel are worthless, I just don't install > them. exactly why you fedora core *aims* to provide only one type of software in each category. > > From the point you seem to be attempting to make, fedora core should > be a basic system with essential software, and then you go and get the > extra stuff you want. close enough. the core system wouldnt be a minimalistic system like what debian installation would get you. It will just not provide many different browsers and image viewers and so on yum already can fetch and install stuff from different repositories and a gui is being planned(gyum broke) afaik. what fedora can do is provide a rationale when making choices. that kind of questions should be into fedora-devel list thou what you can do is debate the changes when they are proposed in fedora-devel(it was already done for gthumb) and quitely install your favorite software from the repos if your favorite stuff get removed *after* the discussions -- Regards, Rahul Sundaram
