UnleashKDE

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 6/7/06, David Nielsen <david at lovesunix.net> wrote:
> ons, 07 06 2006 kl. 04:31 -0500, skrev Arthur Pemberton:
>
> > Umm.. Hold up a bit. As much as I am not actively rolling packages,
> > but... what's wrong with KDE in core? I have heard comments that KDE
> > is a bastard child in Fedora, but I have defended the Fedora Project
> > against that. If I understand right, moving a package (or set of
> > packages) to Extras means that it will nolonger be on the install
> > media. There are already enough packages not part of the install media
> > for legal reasons...now KDE?
>
> Entirely valid concerns, however the intend is to unleash KDE so it's
> huge userbase can give KDE under Fedora the attention it deserves (since
> claims are that KDE is undermaintained in Core by many users). I believe
> the intent is to make Anaconda able to install from 3rd party repos like
> Extras during install so users of Fedora would still be able to install
> a KDE desktop with as little hassle as possible.
>
> - David
>

But doesn't that near eleiminate the easy possibility of offline
installation? I know no one who uses Fedora + Gnome. And when ever I
install Linux for a new person, I install Fedora  + KDE, or give them
instructions to install it them selves.

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