Hal Vaughan wrote: > Within the Debian framework, it would be quite possible to make it a great > desktop system. It would require more packages, but during the install, in > package selection, another option for an easy to use desktop system could be > added. Doing so could include a number of packages targeted at making > handling other configuration options easy for a newbie or non-tech person. > > Just as Debian provides what is needed for a file server, print server, or > many other types of systems, it could provide packages to help in ease of > use. It would require no more assumptions than the ones already made in the > installer for the packages that are installed for servers -- for example, if > I select "file server", I get Samba, whether I want to or not. Even for a > file server, that is an assumption. You seem to be describing the existing desktop task that is available right alongside "file server". > It's just that the developers are more focused on adding what they find > useful, from their point of view, than what others find useful from a > different point of view. Broad generalizations are rarely accurate. -- see shy jo
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