On So, 2012-07-07 at 09:15 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > On 07/06/2012 07:10 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: > > I attempted installation using Fedora-20120703-x86_64-916dfe7-netinst.iso and > > found that it only allows choosing one desktop. I normally install both Gnome > > and KDE at this point and asked about it on #anaconda. Dlehman it was not > > planned to support that, and regarding installing other desktops afterwards and > > choosing between them at the login prompt, he said that wasn't up to them, but > > personally he frowned on that practice. > > I agree with David the installer should not support that and also frown > upon that practice. > > I also think that once the novice end user has choose in his DE in the > installer he should only be presented with packages/applications > targeted specifically for that desktop environment if he should be > presented with options to install additional packages et al... What about computers used by more users? All of them now have to use one DE? For example: family has one computer and every member uses it. One likes KDE, second Gnome, third Xfce. I can imagine such situation. Now, they can install more DE on installation and then just use them. And now? They will say something bad about developers minds and change distribution. I thought that possibility of choice is the biggest advantage of linux against other systems. And also, Fedora is NOT distribution for (linux) novices, so I can't see any reason for constraint we are talking about. > > > If it's not possible to have more than one desktop installed, it makes changing > > desktops much harder (clean install?) and someone who doesn't like Gnome Shell, > > for example, may well decide to change distros rather than try a different > > desktop. Personally, I use Gnome, but install KDE just to have the KDE packages > > available while using Gnome. Would this become impossible? > > > > I dont think this argument holds much water. > > Novice end users would be more likely to download an alternative ( > encase of an live cd/usb ) from the same distribution and try it out > since they are already familiar with the the process of downloading and > ( or re)installing the OS and experience users that want to run multiple > DE's can already install another one once they have successfully > finished installing the distribution. > > JBG -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
