Re: Hot complaints about YDL 2.1


Subject: Re: Hot complaints about YDL 2.1
From: SFalken (sfalken@citlink.net)
Date: Sun Oct 28 2001 - 21:12:41 MST


Ok, I need to put my two bits in here, because I'm hearing a lot of whining
and mewling from people.

1) Why isn't there a pretty graphical interface that allows me to do <insert
feature here>? Well, I hate to say it but there doesn't EXIST a linux
distro that will have a pretty little graphical tool for anything you want,
just doesn't happen, that's not a failing of YDL, that's linux in general.

2) Why is the installer such a pain? There could be some room for
improvement in this area, but keep in mind, in the PPC family ALONE there are
probably 15 differnet motherboard/processor architectures, not to mention
whatever you might have jacked into your PCI slots, how on earth can you
expect a GENERIC installer to recognize everything you have in the system,
and boot up a pretty point and click interface to install? It's a nice
thought, but I don't see it happening anytime soon, if the X installer works
for you, GREAT, have at it, but don't whine too much when you have to put up
with a text interface.

3) Why isn't <insert program or latest version here> included in the default
install??? When was the last time you installed Windows or the MacOS??
anybody recall how many programs are involved in those installs?? for most
of them MAYBE a webbrowser, a mutimedia player, and the essential system
programs. How many programs is your average desktop install for Linux? a
couple THOUSAND I'd wager, and if you look at distros from the big boys, evn
THEY miss some current versions, or some proggy YOU might think essential, if
you don't like the way the installer does the installation, install a base
system and install what you want! That's how Windows and the MacOS make you
do it, and I don't ever hear anybody bitching about that!

Anyway, I'm sure I'll be ignored, because I'm a cranky old bastard that still
uses vi, and runs machines as old as an SE/30 with NetBSD (my mail/dns
server), and I DO remember the bad old days of MkLinux DR1, and let me tell
you, while I don't have 2.1 yet (and actually don't intend to buy it, since
2.0 does everything I want) Ydl is doing a great Job with limited resources,
I run Slackware on what little x86 hardware I have, and for a distro with a
rather large following, it's NOT any better than YDL.

                        --Shawn W Dunn



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