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On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 21:10, Luke-Jr wrote: |
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> Graphical browsers are much more preferable to things like lynx (which doesn't |
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> even handle tables properly, IIRC). Is 4.4 MB really too much for a nice |
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> graphical browser? The docs could probably even get away with saying to use |
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> the Setup->Network options menu item if a proxy is needed. |
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I believe it *is* too much. In fact, our "basic" install CD should be |
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as basic as possible. The instructions should be as basic as possible. |
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Why are we using links rather than lynx? Why *is* perl on the install |
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CD? Why do we have vim versus a smaller vim clone? |
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I can understand why many people want extra tools on the Live CD, but a |
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"basic" CD should be exactly that. I just did a 1.4 GRP install |
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yesterday, since I am going to be presenting it at the local LUG next |
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month. One of the things that bothered me was the fact that I have vim |
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before chroot, but not after. Why is vim even on there if it cannot be |
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used the entire time? I see no point in having two tools that do the |
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same job on the CD, especially when only one is useful during the entire |
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process. |
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I would love to see a Live CD that fits on a 64MB pen drive much more |
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than knowing I can use vim. We could always make a "fat" Live CD which |
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has more tools for people who want them. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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