Edward Dekkers wrote:
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To track with the subject line. I am satisfied with the right clicking
on each group in order to select all the additional packages within
the groups. It also makes it easier to go back within the groups and
remove selection of programs that I know I do not want on the system.
There are a lot fewer packages that I do not want compared to what I
would not exclude from the system.
Jim
Hey Jim,
Although you make valid points, please be aware that other people
have different needs than you do. I've seen a lot of posts (including
this one) with a lot of I's. "I am satisfied" "I know I do not want" "I
do not want" "I would not exclude".
Usually empathy gets me into trouble and I can only speak for my
personal desires. I like to have all packages available for install and
desire the most efficient way to select the packages that I use.
Fedora isn't made for simply one person. It is made for a community of
people. We must ALL remember that please.
It is of course made for the community and their suggestions should be
considered. If it was specifically tailored for my desires, all
multimedia formats would work out of the box, the themes would not all
be so smurfish blue, mozilla/seamonkey suite would be the default,
midnight commander would be installed by default and the level of eye
candy would be higher.
Since it a community project, configuration for each one's individual
needs without a lot of hassles should be priority. Not everyone uses the
same applications.
Personally, I just installed FC5 for the first time here at the office,
and, in my case (I didn't know about the right clicking because I'm lazy
and probably missed reading that somewhere), it was hellishly annoying
to convert the default setup into an "Everything" one.
There should be a more obvious method to select all that is contained on
the install medium. I did not know about this option until I filed a bug
report regarding the everything install. Knowing about this option now
makes using pirut or the installer more efficient to use.
Apart from the Languages packs, we ALWAYS install everything here, as
most of our PCs go out to clients. We can not know beforehand what they
need, so we install everything, then disable unneeded services.
Besides langpacks, not ready for release apps and apps that are so
stripped down that they interfere with feature rich and functional
applications, I install everything also for my systems.
That is my case. Most people do not want this, and that is fine.
What I agree with the other posters is that what is NOT fine is the fact
that the everything option has been removed without a suitable
replacement. A "Select All" tick box or the like would have sufficed me,
but apart from the right click method, we don't have that option any more.
I think that is what of posters on this subject mean, and frankly, for
us here at my work, I'd have to agree.
I have no objections to including an easy and up front method to install
all that is available on the install medium.
Jim
Regards,
Ed.
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