apps choice for Ubuntu and installation choices

[Magnus Blomfelt]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 07:40:56PM +0200, Magnus Blomfelt wrote:
> 
>>Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 07:14:54PM +0200, Magnus Blomfelt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I agree that the default installation should be as simple as possible.
>>>>What do you think about having it as a separate install option, like:
>>>>
>>>>To install only the base system, type 'server' then ENTER.
>>>>To install a bare desktop with selections, type 'bare' then ENTER.
>>>>For the default installation, press ENTER.
>>>>boot: _
>>>
>>>This prompt is gone, replaced by a graphical menu with a minimal number of
>>>options.
>>
>>Is there no way to install the base system anymore?
> 
> 
> That isn't what I said; there's a graphical menu on the traditional install
> CD, on which one of the options is "Install a Server".
> 
> 
>>Couldn't the bare desktop option be placed next to that option then?
> 
> 
> Note "minimal" above.
> 
> 
>>Installation aside, what do you think of being able to add/remove the
>>mentioned application packages after installation?
> 
> 
> It's non-trivial to handle the dependencies properly on removal, and I'm not
> sure that "everything under this menu section" is the right way to divide
> thigsn.
> 
> 
>>What do you think about being able to set these application packages
>>permission in 'Users and Groups'?
> 
> 
> Menu customization for different users is something that the Edubuntu folks
> have talked about in the past.  It's not at all clear to me what the
> concrete requirements are, though, and I don't want to comment on something
> vague.
> 
> 
>>>>I can't seem to find any screenshots of Ubuntu Express, so I don't know
>>>>the current options.
>>>
>>>http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=615&slide=3
>>
>>You had my hopes up there for a while, but I can only find the first
>>step in the seven step installation process there, and it's not very
>>interesting :-)
> 
> 
> Why not download the beta and try it yourself, assuming you have the
> bandwidth?  We're hungry for testing.
> 

Thanks for your answers. I will try out the beta, it looks really nice.