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Re: [Fwd: Re: Why?]



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Owen Heisler wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 15:58 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
>> Owen Heisler writes:
>>> I mean that the Debian installer, I think, should install only what is
>>> /necessary/ for a complete system.  This includes all the "important" and
>>> "essential" packages but excludes stuff like ppp and (especially) gnome
>>> or kde.
>> For many people ppp is necessary for a network install.  Debian does not
>> install Gnome or KDE unless you tell it to.
> 
> Okay, bad example then.  You know what I mean.

Yes.  It means that one person's "essential" is another person's
"useless".

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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