Jeff Mutonho wrote:
--- John Wendel <jwendel10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Food for thought,
Although Gnome is my preferred Environment, the dependency chain is
ridiculous.
I don't use Evolution; however, if I uninstall it, deps would remove
Gnome =P
I am not sure if it is the LSB, Fedora or Gnome deps, but when I install
Fedora I get
web servers, DNS servers and mail servers installed and all I want for
this machine
is a desktop type install, after all it is a laptop.
During my install , I remember seeing an option to choose which
packages(hence servers) you want to install....
Fedora Core 4, 5 and probably the others, I select which packages I want to
install. I can get very specific so it can take 15 mins or so.
Installer runs,
picks deps (doesn't even tell you what they are), boot up Fedora and many
packages I have unselected have been installed.
I start figuring out deps when I start uninstalling this packages, but
it's a lot
of work learning all that jazz. Mandriva's installer tells you what the
deps
are as you check or uncheck (and confirms with a prompt to see if you want
to make those changes).
I like using Fedora, but I hate the installer (lack of disclosure and
customization
before first boot). After I install it, I usually spend a lot of time
uninstalling the apps
I told it not to install in the first place (if uninstalling the app
doesn't break something
I use).
Anaconda is only a millimeter better than a Windows installer. Window
doesn't
give the option of customizing modules on install where Anaconda gives
you the
option but installs the crap anyways =P
I guess in the M$ sys vs Open Source sys, M$ does have something good,
less code
reuse which prevents crazy deps trees and simplifies installs for users.
Stephen
