On Mon, May 26, 2003 23:15:53 at 11:15:53PM -0400, Audioslave - 7M3 - Live (creed7m3live@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > M. Fioretti wrote: > > > >If Red Hat keeps stripping down their release size and keeps removing > >the programs that many of his *current* users want, maybe many more > >people who cannot use it now will have an easier time. See my > >signature. > > > > When a distro has about everything that is needed. Then it keeps getting > less complete. You would think that people would be less likely to buy > the product. > > Using Red Hat, Since version 5.2, for a full-time OS. I have seen many > used programs disappear. But it seems that the pace is being too > accelerated. You and I are saying the same thing, I guess: past versions of Red Hat had already everything needed to those users who, since then, have left the distro because it became too HW demanding, or too confusing, by discarding simpler programs in favour of more good-looking stuff. Which is usually needed by those users who have a powerful PC and a broadband connection anyway, so they wouldn't even realize if the things they want were installed from CDROM or from the network. Ciao, Marco Fioretti -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ "If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside." --Robert Cringley
