I have big difficulties understanding what you're trying to express in your mail. I apologize if I got you wrong.
Joris Lambrecht wrote: > Lo, > > Though the DSELECT program is easier than most linux installation > programs i wonder > if it just aint possible to write something decent on this matter. If you want to see an improved version please check out http://www.debian.org/~jgg/deity/ . If you have good programming skills consider to work on it. > 1. Easy of use and installation (though now i mind less after 2 weeks of > getting grips labour) The installation of Debian is already easier than with some other installations. To satisfy yourself please send a detailed list of what you want to have changed, improved etc. to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > 2. D O C U M E N T A T I O N ( why all these cryptic files and no real > database ??? HTML yes?) There is a real database. It's called PostgreSQL and comes as a set of *ponder* five packages, or so. Wrt documentation, please install the dwww package and you should be able to browse through all installled documentation, including manpages, html files, info files, special files etc. > Installing and removing LOOKS easy but there's very little REAL > version/dependency checking done. Are you joking? "very little dependency checking"? You should install Debian and not another distribution... Debian is famous for it's very good dependency checking. If you occur problems with packages whose dependencies are not fulfilled even with Debian please report it as bug against this very package. Please see the instruction for reporting bugs at: http://www.infodrom.north.de/Debian/Bugs/Reporting.html > Geez, sometimes i start thinking of winDOWs as a better platform just > because one can ****up a system ??? > REALLY leave the coding to the > guys/girls who know what they're doing i think to myself. But all i see > is NEW kernel releases and NOT > new USER friendly add-ons such as installation, configuration, manual > database, manuals with more indepth > information on exactly what files to alter etc . . . Reality check! Please put on your glasses and look again. Debian 2.0 comes with a completely rewritten and improved installation procedure. It's now a lot more user friendly than before. All Debian packages are pre-configured after installation. Only 30% of all packages do need manual attention during installation. The packages only bother the user if it is really needed and install themself without user interaction if they can. Wrt user friendly add-ons that you don't see, what's about the consistant kbd configuration? All keys have the same meaning, on the console, via rlogin/ssh/rsh/etc, within X11. What's about the consistant menu structure? All installed X11-capable packages are present in the menu of *every* window manager. What about the large amount of window managers that are avaailable for Debian? You'll find both fvwm2, fvwm95, window-maker, *twm, openlook, if you include not free stuff you'll even get KDE and if you're including the upcoming 2.1 release you'll even get Gnome. What about automatically done dependence checking during installation? You cannot install packages that don't work because it depends on some other packges which are not installed. Is this all not user-friendly? In that case I don't know what you want. > To set the record straight, I REALLY LIKE DEBIAN LINUX and the other > LINUX Distributions, i just think > it's disturbing to 'allready' see flaws in development. My thoughts on Interpreting "flaws" as different development, this is how free software works. Somebody is not satisfied by a piece of software or documentation and starts a new project. This is how Linux works. > Finally, why not deliver a good WORDprocessor on the distribution / There is LaTeX. This is the only free one. However it is not a wordprocessor but a type setting system. If you want to have a wordprocessor you shall start a new project or help other projects that are working on this issue. I'm sorry but I forgot the names but I believe there is a free wordprocessing program in development. There are also some not free packages that could fit your needs: LyX, kLyX, StarOffice 3.1, 4.0 and 5.0, WordPerfect, some more, I'm sure. > contribution CDR ? ??? > It's considered a Major lack in any distribution. Maybe it's a major lack in the whole community that there are only not free wordprocessors? I have to admit that I don't need such programs since I'm able to use the power of LaTeX. Regards, Joey -- Experience is a useful thing. Unfortunately it is only acquired just after one could have used it.
