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[Scott]

Matthew Miller wrote:

>On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 04:31:50PM -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
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>>On Saturday 27 November 2004 7:58 pm, Al Farabi wrote:
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>>>But, What I would like to do is to not install something I do not like
>>>or need.
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>>Then do a CUSTOM install. I always do this. You're going to spend a couple of 
>>minutes (it usually takes me more than 20 minutes) browsing packages and 
>>selecting ONLY THOSE that I want to install. No big deal really.
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>Well, except Custom doesn't really give you quite that flexibility. I find
>it's better [1] to do a simple quick install and then use something like
>Synaptic to go through what's there and what's available afterwards.
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Indeed. "Custom" leaves a lot to be desired. Maybe they need a "Custom - 
Expert" option where you could then view all the packages as you can in 
synaptic and then pick and choose.

SUSE does this.  I think Mandrake does as well.

I really missed that option.  I'd rather not have to tinker right after 
the install. I'd like it right the first time....

Scott