automatix questions

[M. Spruell]

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> i havent looked at either code to be truthful but i have never and i
> wont until i know neither are unsafe in any way shape or form. i have
> heard very bad things about automatix and im thinking for E-U to be
> "easy" as they say i have a feeling it does some -y stuff without
> prompting the user as to what to do. if im gonna install something on my
> pc i wanna know what its gonna do or how to do it. if linux users dont
> want to learn how linux works than way switch. i think this is more of
> an option for someone more experienced than a new windows user comming
> over from windows. if something gets screwed up (is this something a new
> user can fix without reformatting)? personally i think if you sit there
> and read the wiki's they are really not that hard to understand (the
> commands to run are right there like the ff1.5 its pretty much a cut and
> paste job. something ubuntu could use is something that will install and
> configure say LAMP for you. im assuming that lamp config is something
> that needs info your pc already has as in ip or host name or something
> like that. (never succeeded in setting it up so hard to say).
> 
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Disclaimer: I am on the easyubuntu developement team, and I (and
robotgeek) absolutely do NOT have any "shady stuff" in it.  It does not
change your system at all, (unless you yourself check the box to keep
the sources.list that the program uses).  Robotgeek and I are quite
adamant about EasyUbuntu being safe to use (as far as your system can be
safe by using  non-official software).  The EasyUbuntu program will not
harm anyones system, but the software it installs might (we have no
control over the debs it uses.)

Nutshell: EasyUbuntu itself is safe, but the debs it installs for the
user may not be.  Same end result if the user installed the debs on
their own.

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Marek
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