Re: Some things GNOME really needs

[Preben Randhol <randhol pvv org>]

Tim Allen <timallen@godzilla.zeta.org.au> writes:

| Well, I wouldn't be pointing newbies at non-RPM packages. OK, I agree,
| some kind of automated installation program to type
| "./configure;make;make install" would make installation much easier for
| many people, but the reason it's not automated is because so many things
| can go wrong, and a program just can't account for that kind of thing.

It is also a problem that you won't get that mess to uninstall.

| > 2. Cool GNOME Mascot/Helper
| > I don't think GNOME has a mascot. I would be cool if you could make a
| > little GNOME Mascot that could fly around and give new users a tour of
| > GNOME

Would only be annoying and bloatware IMHO.

-- 
Preben Randhol             oO     "Don't think about domination,  think
[randhol@pvv.org]        .`  ;     about freedom, it doesn't dominate."
[www.pvv.org/~randhol/]   \ G                  -- RMS, LinuxWorld 1999.
                           `_) n o m e