[ros-general] Keep it Clean

[Bernard]

Hi to All,

 

I just would like to express my feeling about the current little debate about including
Python and such.

 

The thing that puts me off the most is the fact that the newest Windows and Linux
versions/distros are all bundling a lot of
software with their installations.  Now being a advance uses for some time now, I have
found a lot of software I like to use more
that the standard stuff that comes with all the OS's.  Now every time I install a new
copy of Windows, I need to go and remove a lot
of the stuff I don't use, because I found suitable replacements.  For instance I use
Winamp rather that Media Player, or Firefox
rather than Internet Explorer (and recently have started using Chrome more often).  

 

When you install a new OS the size of the installation astonish me everytime.  I looked at
Ubuntu that seems to be so nice according
to everybody, but it uses almost 10Gig after installation.  And look at Vista starting at
7Gig.  I don't want all the gizmo's that
come with them, yet I do not have the choice of installing them or not, I always have to
go and remove them afterwards.  

 

So what I expect from a decent OS is to support all the current hardware (not that I
should come with the drivers, just to be able
to work with the drivers) and to provide a platform that all my other software I like to
use can run on. 

 

I have a lot of PC's running at my house, and I use each one for different purposes,
so having the same set of software on all of
them is just taking up resources and slowing down the more important software I use on
each.  

 

I can't wait for ReactOS to start supporting more API calls or what ever is needed to
allow me to run my everyday software.  

 

Greatings,

Bernard du Toit