>
> JF Martinez writes:
> > I agree about this but I also think there are some programs who are
> > redundant with other programs in the distrib;, have been obsoleted by
> > better ones and have no big followship so there is little reason to
> > keep them. Removing thme would make some space
>
> Can you give some examples of such redundant programs? I hope you're
> not thinking of dropping lots of text-based software based on the
> assumption that the whole computing world is moving toward graphical
> interfaces.
>
Well there are several small editors for people allergic to VI, three
or four mail readers, same thing with mailers. I am a man of simple
tastes: I want the best in everrything and I have no place for second
runners. Only reason to accept a program who is not the best is when
it has a such followship that it would disturb too many people.
About text versus graphical utilities there are some categories where
it would be a capital sin to not include a console based tool in case
X does not work: an alternative editor to fix things (an intuitive one
you cannot asume the user has had time to learn VI before disaster
strikes) and those tools who allow to ask for help: a networking
configuration tool, a mail reader, a news reader. But only the best
one is needed.
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Jean Francois Martinez
Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org
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