Les Mikesell spake the following on 5/2/2007 12:52 PM: > Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> In that case ... you can just do this after install: >> >> yum install \* >> >> It will install everything. >> >> _HOWEVER_ ... don't do it unless you need everything !!!! >> >> If you think you need everything ... you probably don't ... if you >> really, really, really need everything then OK, install it. > > How do you know if you need something unless you install and try it? > > The thing I always wanted from an 'everything' install was the expertise > of the distribution packager as to whether something would likely be > useful to have installed. Someone, somewhere must have known enough > about the packages to decide what was worth including in the > distribution. I'd take their word for whether it should be on my hard > disk or not. > If the distribution packager wanted you to install everything, there would not be any options of what to install. It would always be an "everything" install. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!