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by woopwoop24 1134 days ago
so i have to use a menu, to select a dozen things to setup a single system, with the non changeable defaults, they will select for me. (why would i install node, or dos2unix or midnight commander?) and they install as default ruby, which most of use don't use at all so giving us bloat for not much function.

it writes its alias in the global space instead of the local user

echo $insert_alias | sudo tee -a /etc/bash.bashrc

This feels like a tool for users switching from windows to linux, to be able to flatten the learning curve. For any user that is a little bit familiar with linux, this i a major downgrade to any other toolset IMO.

i would open an issue, but they don't offer that on the repo

to post feedback you have to register with a service called "Canny"

the other issues channel is discord

a few suggestions:

- run shellcheck and fix the issues and warnings

- publish tags, so people can select versions

- add customization to the installed packages

- actually document how to use the parameters, the scripts offer, instead of just not doing that

- add an uninstall script!

- add a silent command (run with parameters to automate the menu selects, why would i want to do this manually or remember what i selected on every machine?)

I mean its free and all, but reads like a product, which needs a developer who cares about a few industry standards, or just needs more time (first code commit was on Nov 27, 2022

Sounds like it fits their needs, but ansible sounds like a much better choice and also sounds like they have the "not invented here" problem

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What a review! First I thought it was kinda TUI builder then maybe Ansible replacement. After you wrote about midnight commander dependency I have no idea what it is...
to be fair, you can select to install any "basic packages" but it is all or nothing