On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 01:27:31PM -0500, Jay Kline wrote: > > Well, linuxconf is a Good Idea, but I would think most people using Linux > would want to eventuly know what is going on with their system so that they > could easily change something. For example, the hostname. I have been using > Linux for quite some time now, and finally feel the need to break away from > the distros. They are great and all, but if you really want your system to > run the way you want it to, and no other way, you should build your own. The > automatic confisuration of everything is too inflexable, because they want it > to work for the greatest number of people. And at a begining or intermediate > stage, this is fine. But if you want flexibility, they cant do it for you. > For the last 2 years, I have used Slackware and Mandrake, and when I did, I > never used the tools they had to configure things. I did it my own way. It > was just a few months ago I ran into problems with Linuxconf messing things > up that I had worked on. I tried removing it, but the rpms had so many > dependancies, I couldnt. (well, I did, but sort of hosed my system in the > process) That's why is good to remove it immediately after the installation... > So to everyone out there who gets sick of linuxconf, setup, or any other > general setup tool, you do have another option. LFS (Linux From Scratch) When you get sick of it, remove it, or get Debian. I find great pleasure tinkering with my systems' configurations. But I will never again try to compile KDE ... florin -- "you have moved your mouse, please reboot to make this change take effect" 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4