Re: [Hampshire] Directory permissions in Ubunut v Debian

On Thu, 1 May 2008 15:51:01 +0100
Simon Huggins <huggie@???> wrote:

> On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 02:53:30PM +0100, john lewis wrote:
> > IMHO admin tasks should be done as the root user and not as a
> > pseudo root.
>
> Other than not liking it, can I ask why you think that?

as I said it is my opinion, admin jobs are not things to be done
lightly so having to login as root gives them a higher status sort of
thing.

As an afterthought do any other Unix systems use the U* style of
doing things

> > My biggest gripe with debian is that gnome is the default GUI
> > interface, which as I'll never use it is a bit of a pain as it
> > means I have to bail out of the installer after the basic system
> > is installed and do a manual install of X + wmaker + any apps
> > needing X.
>
> You can select which tasks to install in the debian installer, do a
> minimal install and then install whatever you want afterwards.

I know that and it is what I do, but I'd like an option to choose the
window manager of my choice in the installer. Last time I looked at
tasksel it didn't have that option (but that _is_ back in woody days)

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John Lewis
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