On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 11:16:27AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> Carl Fink wrote:
> >Why use a distro if you're going to have to manually install things anyway?
> >
> That might make sense if we were just installing an OS but everyone
> certainly has different needs in applications.
That's why I said "distro" (short for "distribution") and not "operating
system".
A selling point[1] of Debian has been how many applications are available
for it. That stops working when the most-desired applications aren't
included.
[1]For some value of "selling" that applies to free things.
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