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Re: We need easier installation.



> And how.  It is very inconvenient to have to go through the text-mode
> configuration question-and-answer interspersed with byte-code
> compilation and other time-consuming tasks. 
> 
> > 
> > gimp: <descript>
> > 
> > Application: Develop graphics for a variety of purposes, web pages, icons,
> > backgrounds, photo touch-up, etc
> > blah, blah, blah
> 
> This could be addressed by clarifying package descriptions or by
> adding a new field
> 
>   purpose:

The problem is: who decides which are the good editors, and which are the
good games and the good maths packages.....?

vi and emacs are both feature-laden text editors, but most people seem to
think that one is wonderful and one is err..... ;)

Matthew

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