Re: New user ...opinion.

[Cory Watson <gphat cafes net>]

My thoughts exaactly;)

>
>	Sounds like Debian may have a better situation going for them. 
>Installing Gnome on a Debian machine went without a hitch for me. 
>The Gnome .debs pulled in all their dependencies and installed
>them all at once, more or less in the right order.  Considering
>the nested levels of dependencies, it was impressive. 
>Unfortunately, a problem showed up soon after the installation.  I
>don't know if it was a problem with Gnome or with the building of
>the Gnome .debs.  I suspect an 'easy' way to install Gnome
>(regardless of Linux flavor) is still quite a ways away.
>	Frankly, I think its too soon to be worrying about an easy
>install method for Gnome.  There is still a lot left to do.  First
>stabilize Gnome, then get the first wave of Gnome apps (plus
>Gnome-aware WMs) out so people can see for themselves the value of
>Gnome.  For right now, let the RPM and DEB Gnome maintainers worry
>about the install.
>
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>Ed C.
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