Gnome or KDE - why not ask?

Timothy Murphy gayleard at eircom.net
Sat Oct 10 11:37:28 UTC 2009


Joshua C. wrote:

>> I'd like to be asked during installation
>> if I want to use Gnome or KDE or some other environment.
>> Am I alone in this?
>> One has to go through a slightly tortuous path
>> to get KDE installed.

> Take a look at this:
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/sn-package-
selection.html
> 
> It's from the f11 installation guide (section software selection).
> Just click on "desktop environments" and choose KDE or GNOME. It's
> simple enough.

How many people installing Fedora for the first - or even the second -
time would choose to "Customize now"?
It is like saying, "If you think you are cleverer than me,
press this button".



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