On 11 May 2003, Tino Meinen wrote: > > There are RH9 rpm's for blender (and loads of other apps) available to > > install for anyone who feels like it. > Do I understand correctly that you opt for a minimalistic distribution > where people can choose to install the applications they want later on? i think that's a good philosophy. red hat should not be responsible for satisfying every user's desire for their favorite tool. also, i might be wrong, but if red hat bundles an app with their distro, then they become responsible for Q/A for that app, for accepting bug reports for it via bugzilla, and so on. at some point, RH can reasonably be expected to draw the line. (theoretically, i would think that, in the extreme, any distro should fit on a single DVD, no?) anyway, just my $0.02 canadian. (which, these days, is becoming worth more and more american. :-) rday