fc5: install everything?

[Yang Xiao]

On 3/31/06, James Wilkinson <fedora at westexe.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Yang Xiao wrote:
> > But for most people, they will only know what they need or don't need
> over
> > time, and for newbies, trying to install packages on demoand may not be
> so
> > fun if they are just casual users.
>
> That doesn't mean you want "everything" everything.
>
> Most people *will* know that there are certain categories of software
> that they won't be interested in.
>
>
> http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/fc5/ch-packageselection.html
>
> Take the categories "Software Development" and "web server". Most people
> will never need software from these categories. If they do, then they
> are likely to know there's a possibility they'll want it at install
> time -- they'll already have an interest in programming, or running
> servers from their own computer.
>
> And, to be honest, it *is* reasonable to assume that software developers
> should know how to install software.
>
> What most people will want is either "all programs from certain
> categories" or "the most useful programs from certain categories".
> That's what the installer is optimised around.
>
> James.
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That's precisely what I meant, for example, I didn't know I needed
compat-libstdc++ libraries as part of our standard install until I found
some in house apps required them, so I start to include it with the custom
kickstart script, and the KSH that comes with FC4 is not the same as the
pdksh that was on previous releases. So over time, I have a good picture of
what I need and what I don't.

Then for someone who's new to linux, you need to let them walk the path
themselves, they may choose their packages, then come back and say Fedora
sux, it doesn't have this and that, and turns out they chosed not to install
it to begin with, thus my suggestion, install everything if you are new to
Fedora/Linux, see find out for yourself

- Yang
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