GParted installed by default?

[Markus Hitter]

Am 04.12.2007 um 09:51 schrieb Onno Benschop:

> On 04/12/07 17:30, Markus Hitter wrote:
>> As drives come partitioned off the store, why should a normal user
>> have a need to change this partitioning at all?
>>
> Well, for one, how are you supposed to tell Ubuntu that you have just
> installed a new HDD? (Other than opening up fstab and editing it :)

You don't. Removable hardware just appears (gets automounted) and  
changing/adding internal disks includes a reboot anyways, making them  
appear automatically after that. Average users carry their computer  
to a repair store if they feel something needs to be changed inside  
the case.


Am 04.12.2007 um 10:11 schrieb Jonas Jørgensen:

> A normal/average user won't ever use GParted, nor will they ever use
> many of the other tools in System->Administration -- but that isn't an
> argument for not including those tools.

Not including non-essential administration tools reduces confusion  
and enhances user experience. BTW:, obviously, somebody decided disk  
space is tight. Gutsy doesn't come with a working C compiler either,  
which I'd consider far more essential than a graphical partition  
editor (think about installing non-packaged software).


Markus

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