Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 13:59:25 -0700 (MST) From: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Subject: Re: feedback on CD install of 4.0-RC2 Message-ID: <14508.24877.218486.106184@hip186.ch.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <200002172050.PAA74191@server.baldwin.cx> References: <14508.23537.17216.207130@hip186.ch.intel.com> <200002172050.PAA74191@server.baldwin.cx>
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[ On Thursday, February 17, John Baldwin wrote: ] > > [ snip ] > > If you are new, you use the Novice install. Custom and expert aren't for new > users, and it clearly states that on the main menu. Keep that in mind. OK. I could see that ... that *only* counter-point I can muster to that is my experience with Ebola '98 and all other Ebola-related products for the past N years that I've had to install. Whether or not I consider myself an Ebola expert or not, I *always* choose "Custom" install options to things like SmartSuite, Office, graphics stuff, games, etc. Why? Because 9 out of 10 times (in my experience) their "typical" installs don't install components I need/want and I don't want the "install everything" option wasting 100 Gb per application because they install turds I'll never use. I choose the "custom" version so I know exactly the bits and pieces I'm installing. So, I guess when I say "new" users, I'm thinking of new users who might be coming from the Windows world and have grown accustomed to doing "custom install" for everything as I've found myself doing. In that event, I, if I were a "new" user, would be inclined to choose something that says "custom" out of sheer force of habit. > Did you see my question regarding the order you did things? > Yes ... we are out-of-phase w.r.t. e-mails coming in ... Thanks, -Jr -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | John Reynolds WCCG, CCE, Higher Levels of Abstraction | | Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 480-554-9092 pgr: 602-868-6512 | | jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com http://www-aec.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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