On 3/31/06, James Wilkinson <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That's precisely what I meant, for example, I didn't know I needed compat-libstdc++ libraries as part of our standard install until I found some in house apps required them, so I start to include it with the custom kickstart script, and the KSH that comes with FC4 is not the same as the pdksh that was on previous releases. So over time, I have a good picture of what I need and what I don't.
Then for someone who's new to linux, you need to let them walk the path themselves, they may choose their packages, then come back and say Fedora sux, it doesn't have this and that, and turns out they chosed not to install it to begin with, thus my suggestion, install everything if you are new to Fedora/Linux, see find out for yourself
- Yang
Yang Xiao wrote:
> But for most people, they will only know what they need or don't need over
> time, and for newbies, trying to install packages on demoand may not be so
> fun if they are just casual users.
That doesn't mean you want "everything" everything.
Most people *will* know that there are certain categories of software
that they won't be interested in.
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/fc5/ch-packageselection.html
Take the categories "Software Development" and "web server". Most people
will never need software from these categories. If they do, then they
are likely to know there's a possibility they'll want it at install
time -- they'll already have an interest in programming, or running
servers from their own computer.
And, to be honest, it *is* reasonable to assume that software developers
should know how to install software.
What most people will want is either "all programs from certain
categories" or "the most useful programs from certain categories".
That's what the installer is optimised around.
James.
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That's precisely what I meant, for example, I didn't know I needed compat-libstdc++ libraries as part of our standard install until I found some in house apps required them, so I start to include it with the custom kickstart script, and the KSH that comes with FC4 is not the same as the pdksh that was on previous releases. So over time, I have a good picture of what I need and what I don't.
Then for someone who's new to linux, you need to let them walk the path themselves, they may choose their packages, then come back and say Fedora sux, it doesn't have this and that, and turns out they chosed not to install it to begin with, thus my suggestion, install everything if you are new to Fedora/Linux, see find out for yourself
- Yang
