Checkbox for "Install Everything"

[Les Mikesell]

jdow wrote:

>>>> I guess they have concluded that fedora is no longer usable as a 
>>>> general purpose multi-user machine and you can only run it as a 
>>>> specialized server or a pc-like desktop.
>>>>
>>> which is a decision that might very well have pushed me over the edge 
>>> into switching to a new distribution.
>>
>> The checkbox I want is "assume dozens of people will be using this box 
>> for  development and office work in a 24x7 shop - if they want to run 
>> something that isn't installed, they'll call your cell phone at any 
>> hour".  That gives the right perspective against wasting a few dollars 
>> worth of disk space.
> 
> Les, is that as in having multiple remote X sessions from "diskless"
> workstations to the box or as in multiple serial terminals?

No serial terminals.  An assortment of ssh and X sessions from various 
other things.  I normally install from a k12ltsp distro instead of a 
straight fedora so thin client boots are possible, but freenx is 
probably more popular and what I use myself.  The point is that I don't 
want to limit what can be done by what is installed or to give everyone 
root access to install things.  "Everything" doesn't mean everything 
available, it means everything someone familiar with the whole distro 
would expect to be useful or the best of several choices.  The point is 
that someone assembling the distribution is in a much better position to 
make this selection than someone just doing the install.

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   Les Mikesell
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