On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Craig Sanders wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, [iso-8859-1] Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > > > > If someone is going to evaluate an entire distribution on a prompt > > > (even if there are other factors), I'm not going to be upset if they > > > don't choose Debian. > > > > I'm no talking about just the prompt. We're talking about good and > > comfortable defaults, default settings should be like suggestions > > of how things can be done. Good defaults is very important in a > > distribution, IMHO. > > IMO, debian HAS good defaults. clean & simple without a lot of stuff to > undo when you want to customise it to YOUR preferred settings. > > Making default settings too pretty/complex tends to stifle both learning > & creativity...instead of just one thing to learn/change at a time, you > have to undo a lot of changes (or at least learn what they do) or risk > breaking a working setup.
I wonder if it would be possible to make a package that included a good degree of the typical customizations? I have setup 3 debian machines right from the ftp server in the past month and there are things I change right off the bat, the prompt is one, the .inputrc (to include home/end keys) some of the aliases, enable color ls etc Stifling learning is one thing, but having to do the same setup again and again is pain -- which is why I wonder if a package could be made? Jason -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
