Brief diary of an F-7 installation

[Rahul Sundaram]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> 
>>  Surely no one who plans on having more than
>>> one subdirectory would voluntarily pick a file manager that leaves an 
>>> open window at every level if an alternative were presented in an 
>>> equal context during installation.
>>
>> There is zero data for that claim.
> 
> Perhaps - but why has such an arbitrary change and choice been made with 
> zero data? I'd be shocked if more than one developer actually uses the 
> system in the configuration shipped as the default for everyone.

The burden of proof lies on the person who makes the claim (ie) you.

> If another environment provides a better experience, then it should 
> certainly be presented as at least an equal choice during the install 
> instead of later finding out that you had to download some other disk or 
> roll your own to get it.

File manager options are not something to be selected during 
installation ever. That makes no sense whatsoever. If something is 
consider the better experience in the file manager that should be the 
default instead. If you want to do usability studies go ahead.

> 
>>> Why would a new user know/care about this instead of just going back 
>>> to whatever OS they used before when they get annoyed with nautilus 
>>> behavior?
>>
>> Surely they have that choice.
> 
> You make it sound like no one cares one way or the other.

The choice of alternative systems is what keeps the market healthy.

Rahul