Regarding install options

Ralf Corsepius rc040203 at freenet.de
Fri Oct 10 06:19:52 UTC 2008


On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 22:59 -0700, Conrad Meyer wrote:
> On Thursday 09 October 2008 10:52:02 pm Casey Dahlin wrote:
> > Conrad Meyer wrote:
> > > On Thursday 09 October 2008 10:12:18 pm Shambo Bose wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> I think if possible the fedora installer can be modified to present two
> > >> install option to the user :
> > >>
> > >> 1. Desktop Install.
> > >>
> > >> 2. Server Install.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> regards,
> > >>
> > >> Shambo Bose
> > >
> > > Any user who actually wants a 'Server Install' knows enough to uncheck
> > > GNOME, X, etc if they don't want them.
> >
> > Doesn't mean its not a pain in the ass. Hell, its taken me 3 tries to
> > install Fedora without having GNOME pulled in as a dependency before.
> >
> > --CJD
> 
> You can always remove it later. It's not a huge deal either way.

Well, yes, convenience, usability and flexibility aren't necessarily a
strength of Fedora - I regret, but to me, Fedora has developed into a
single user, single seat OS.

Ralf






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