I think the whole point is that most distros (Linux, Windows, etc) try to accommodate the majority of users who are not computer literate. They just want to push a few buttons and everything is there. That is wonderful for your parents maybe and others who look at a PC with some suspicion. But yes there should be an option at install to indicate what kind of user you are (Novice, Nervous, Newbie, Power-User, etc) and it should then install accordingly.

> The point is that a Ubuntu install gives you *everything*: OS, browser,

> e-mail client, full Office suite, games, loads of utilities, etc. Windows

> doesn't. So, you're comparing apples to oranges.

This definitely is a good point. If you look at it this way, Ubuntu is beating the hell out of Vista, since with Vista you still need to install everything else you need. And then it is wrong comparing Ubuntu with any other OS in terms of size.

If you want a slimmed down install, you might want to look into something

like CentOS (or Debian).

What would be nice would be either a full-featured installer (so that you

can pick and choose items), or an n-lite-like tool for Ubuntu. You may

want to do some Googling for respinning or remastering Ubuntu.

If ReactOS would ever consider adding applications to their installation I hope this will be their approach from the start.

Or check out Fedora: it gives you easy, n-lite tools for remixing it:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Remix

Will look into it. Thanks.

Bernard

(South Africa)