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On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 02:19:38 +0100, Brough, Tom wrote: > Even to myself it seems a poor show if you need to download source, compile > your own kernel and additional drivers in order to get a GUI interface. Is > it just me, or are we complacent people who tell others to go and Read The > Manual or say "well it works ok on my machine" ? Is there anything we can do I am surprised you wrote this. This is an absolute FUD to me. X is configured and running just fine when booting Knoppix or installing RedHat. I.e. with slick installers. I get irritated when people say you have to download source and compile. These are "complicated" tasks, and YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO IT. **** This is what packages are for!!! **** Suggesting to a user is required to fiddle with the source is not helpful, and scares people away from Free software. Regards, -Kai
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