Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 07:10:23 -0600 From: Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Cc: Stefan Parvu <sparvu@cc.hut.fi>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Kathy Quinlan <katinka@magestower.com>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, N6REJ <n6rej@tcsn.net>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm leaving Message-ID: <3AFE87BF.E2A53BC0@Silver-Lynx.com> References: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10105131454300.24647-100000@alpha.hut.fi> <016d01c0dba9$62e67400$0300a8c0@oracle>
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I think the default install works very well, and there is a 'desktop config' option in sysinstall. I don't think it should include either KDE or gnome, though. My personal preferences are fvwm (1.24, NOT 2.0; the config file is easier to alter) and windowmaker. Both KDE and gnome are complex, moving targets that don't always install. Each has dozens of dependencies. One thing I would do is to add lynx to the base install so that the HTML docs option in sysinstall no longer requires a package add. At the very least, we need to ensure that lynx is always on the first CD, so it can be found without errors. GUI would be a lot easier if we had better video card probes, but that's always going to be another very fast-moving target. I think the present system of /stand/sysinstall works well except for a very few problems: * Newbie users need a clue as to WHICH CD each package is on. I think adding one screen that shows the locations of the entire package collection in a given release would be very appropriate. * Add lynx, as I said above. * remove gnome and KDE from the desktop config or separate them into a distinct category with clear warnings. On a different note, one more: Add 4.x-STABLE tags to the CVSup repositories so we don't have to back out to OPTIONS to install packages after we've started tracking STABLE. -- Don Wilde http://www.Silver-Lynx.com Silver Lynx Embedded Microsystems Architects 2218 Southern Bl. Ste. 12 Rio Rancho, NM 87124 505-891-4175 FAX 891-4185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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