Re: improvements
Somebody wrote:
>> communications non-networking communications
>> documentation all documentation
>> development as is currently
>> games all games
>> graphics anything which creates, massages, transforms graphics
>> misc catch all- math, electronics, hamradio, "misc", etc.
>> networking any networking functions- mail, news, utilities, etc.
>> printing anything dealing with printing- TEX, lout, etc.
>> system admin, base, shells, X windows, etc.
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I am really in favor of this as well, if it would be possible. The
way it is laid out now is more than a little muddy. Right now I seem to be
getting the emacs package, which I do not want. I was thinking the
interface of the packages would be more like above. It is an *awful* lot
to scroll through once you get the list of packages, IMHO, and it was easy
for me to get "lost."
Mainly breaking it up a little more into categories would have let
me build the system I want better. Like, I could go into a Utilities menu
and choose editors and then choose vi and pico, but not emacs. Then go back
and under networking go to mail and get pine, then back up and go to news
and get tin, but not INN since I just want to read from another server, not
host news.
I know, it's easy for me to suggest all this when someone else would
have to do the work :) But, it's just some ideas from a first-time Debian
user. Mainly I expected the interface to make things LESS confusing instead
of MORE. I really like the way Slackware does their install (& that's about
it) and I like being able to manipulate packages like I can in Solaris. I
think that Debian is almost a "best of both worlds" system, but can still
use some work, especially in the initial setup area. Example, why do I seem
to be getting the British ispell dictonary!!! *sigh* Little things like that :)
I still think it's way cool all in all :) I may re-do it from
scratch just for the experience :)
Regards,
Kendrick
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