Re: [Rule-list] Red Hat No Longer Supports 486

[Michael Fratoni]

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On Friday 01 November 2002 08:13 pm, Eugene Wong wrote:

> A-a-ah, yes. Eugene hates options & choice! ;^P
>
> Okay, let me rephrase. I want tons of options. I want more than there
> are available now.

Ahh, that makes more sense.

> However, I wish that those options would explain why they are
> advantageous over the others. In other words, I need more info, or
> else, give me a default install that "just works".

That pretty much defines slinky. Little in the way of choices during 
install. You get a default base setup, plus option additional package 
groups.

> Maybe the README or rpm info should mention why the software was
> created in the first place.

I'd agree that it would be useful to include a list of available packages, 
what they do, what they don't and why a user might want to try them.

I hereby nominate Eugene to write the above detailed descriptions. ;)

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