Custom vs "Complete" or "Typical" installs?

Christian Graus

I've *always* chosen custom, so I can see exactly what I am selecting. I always have, even before I had to start scanning for the installation of evil.

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peterchen

Chris Maunder wrote:

How many of you

All of me do that.

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quiteSmart

Chris Maunder wrote:

How many of you now always select "Custom" install

I raise my hand up

Bradml

I like to select "Advanced" because it makes me feel like a PC guru! ;P

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ChandraRam

peterchen wrote:

All of me do that.

MPD?? :laugh:

peterchen

ChandraRam wrote:

MPD??

No, just one personality here. The others are just whackos. ;P

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ChandraRam

peterchen wrote:

No, just one personality here. The others are just whackos.

So what does that make you then? MWD? ;P

ResidentGeek

Chris Maunder wrote:

How many of you now always select "Custom" install for free apps in order to ensure you don't get the toolbars and desktop apps (eg GoogleWare) that many apps now bundle?

Absolutely! Not only do I want to avoid the extra add-ins of evil, but if it's possible I want to select file locations and if there are options, I want to know exactly what options are selected. Trish

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Anand Vivek Srivastava

I do it all the time, not only because of the adware, but because I can usually find components that I don't need. Also, sometimes if you don't choose custom, it does not even ask/show you the path to which the program is going to install, and I like to know what is what on my hard disk. I also read atleast some parts of the EULA more ofter that not(esp. in case of 'free' software that is not a GPL/LGPL/Apache License). BTW, ./configure make sudo make install is the right way to install an app.;P

peterchen

MWSPD I guess, though I'm not sure about that "D".

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Chris Buckett

Me too, just to see what the options are.

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Monty2

And even big companies like yahoo are doing it, every time i upgrade they make me upgrade to newer messenger i always looks for the checkboxes to remove toolbars and other junk X| And this brings me to another question, how many times have you clicked custom and saw that all three installs were the same :-D

I doubt therefore i might be :~

Vikram A Punathambekar

I always go for a custom install.

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David Stone

I always have and always will pick custom.

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Rajesh R Subramanian

I always prefer to do a "Custom" install. I just hate those toolbars, searchbars, etc.

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Pierre Leclercq

Well let's reformulate. Is there anyone here not using custom install? (I do not expect any answer :) ).

benjymous

Yup, just as I did when I installed VS2005, and unticked all the unneeded crap[^] it tries to install :)

Pete OHanlon

I always choose custom. Always have, always will.

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Johan Pretorius

I take custom/Advanced. But do take into account that this is a programing site and most of us has the know how (or fussiness) to make applications do what we want it to do (or try to). My guess is that most end users just use typical (like my mom) because they are afraid that they loose out by not installing the whole app.

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Pete OHanlon

What bugs me is when the three options are really all the same. You choose Custom and then you find that there is only one option to install.

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