[Mageia-dev] dual iso content

Mon Apr 4 14:43:55 CEST 2011

2011/4/4 Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>:
+> 2011/4/4 Thomas Lottmann <skipercooker at gmail.com>:
+>> Le 04/04/2011 14:13, Anne nicolas a écrit :
+>>>
+>>> 2011/4/4 Thomas Lottmann<skipercooker at gmail.com>
+>>>>
+>>>> I don't want to start a flamewar or something, but keep in mind that
+>>>> there
+>>>> are several people, pretty much unexperienced with Linux and keyboard
+>>>> shortcuts or combining them. They might be lost or in difficulty if nano
+>>>> is
+>>>> installed on it's own. mc or mcedit isn't too heavy and so easy to use
+>>>> that
+>>>> it would be a good idea, in my opinion, to include it.
+>>>>
+>>>> This is from my own experience. Now, I can manage to learn how to use
+>>>> nano
+>>>> or vi (I use emacs personally), but editing in text console was such a
+>>>> pain
+>>>> when I started using Linux until I found out about mcedit. So...
+>>>>
+>>>> Couldn't it be possible to installed both mcedit (basic) and nano
+>>>> (advanced)
+>>>> then? Its not like if they were heavy...
+>>>
+>>> dual iso is not planned to target unexperienced users.... no
+>>> proprietary drivers, very minimal interface... So even if I can
+>>> understand your explanation it seems to be a bit off topic for this
+>>> iso
+>>>
+>>
+>> You are right. Forgot the target of the dual iso... My apologies.
+>
+> Well, Thomas' reason for mcedit put aside I also vote for mc. I've
+> been using the original in MSDOS and through all the years mc has been
+> the first package I installed in all my Linux installations (if it was
+> not installed by default), even in such a rescue system like grlm. It
+> is a very handy file manager for the text console, editor as well. I
+> even used it as main menue in an xterm in a minimal installation.
+>
+> So, although I know my way in vi(m) I'd strongly recommend to give mc a chance.
+
+mc included. vbox additions are too big to go there unfortunatelly
+
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+>
+> --
+> wobo
+>
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+Anne
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