Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?

Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:

Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:

¹ the user may be overwhelmed by the amount of questions an installer
asks, but alas, this is rocket science, isn't it?

>
That is easy enough to avoid.  Start with a question of:
>
   Do you want to configure many details of your setup, or would you
   prefer to accept all defaults?
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   [Custom Configuration]
>
   [Accept All Defaults]
>
Which gives the additional "choice" of being able to choose "I just
want it installed with no fuss" for those that want that vs. "I do want
to adjust most knobs" for the others who do want to tweak the knobs to
their liking.
>
Of course, it is harder on the packagers to then support the "custom
config" path, because they now have to actually build out all those
configuration questions and UI's to obtain the answers.

Debian’s configuration-generarion system (debonf) has pretty much this
functionality, in the form of priority levels.

Even that isn’t essential (though it’s certainly convenient). It’s
software, you can change it as much as you like, as long after
installation as you like, even if the initial install is one-size-
fits-all.

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