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From: Edrychwch o'ch cwmpas

Registered: 2015-09-29

Posts: 767

Re: Add mc?

^IMHO, with unreliable internet connection, you have much bigger problem than whether mc is or isn't included in BL. 'bl-welcome' and generally 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade' come to mind ... Not to mention the 'problem' of installing other non-preinstalled software as Libreoffice suite, or GIMP, just to name a few.

Perhaps, you should consider downloading 'mc' deb package to local machine (possibly with dependencies), while you are downloading BL image ... and then keep it somewhere for once. And install it from disk with 'dpkg -i <mc_package_name.deb>'.

Personally, I wouldn't include neither mc nor ranger (although I use solely ranger as a file manager), since the BL distro should not become the 'exhibit distro', offering several applications doing the same job, and basically become too bloat with stuff. (But this is just my opinion, devs will decide what is the best.)

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Head_on_a_Stick

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From: London

Registered: 2015-09-29

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Re: Add mc?

And it is there when (if) X is malfunctioning.
That happens then and then when you experiment :-).

^ I think this is the only valid argument and it only holds for the few who are installing without reliable internet access, it is also a convenience rather than a necessity so I remain unconvinced, sorry.

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Gaucho

From: High in the Custerdome

Registered: 2015-09-17

Posts: 16,048

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Re: Add mc?

I think this has been discussed enough, so I'm going to close this topic.

Sorry, rbh. In our three years, this request has never been raised (the closest was to use PCManFM), and we just don't think there's a need for it. Maybe our Live image doesn't fit your needs, but it's not enough reason for us to change it, especially this close to a release.

Please open a new topic if you feel this issue requires more discussion, and thanks for contributing to the development of Helium!

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From: Nagoya, Japan

Registered: 2015-09-09

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Re: Add mc?

(Added two more possible cases where I though apps had a chance of being chosen for addition. Doesn't change the course of this thread though.)

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