Fedora Core 6 Application management

As a veteran Windows user the addiction of Linux Distros to online communication is irritating. When I have an entire DVD of rpms, why would a distro not consider it as an installation source was puzzling and irritating?

This experience underlines the conclusion that it is best to start off by selecting ALL the bundled applications at OS installation time, and removing the unwanted ones later on; rather than selectively including a few applications at OS installation time and then adding applications later on.

In FC6's case, clicking on any rpm from the DVD will generate an error that an online connection is needed to test for dependencies. The solution, according to the knowledgeable folks at linuxquestions.org, was to reconfigure YUM - the FC software management utility, I think - to accept the DVD as a source as well.

Not too keen to rectify what seems to me to be a blunder on FC6's part. I'll just have to reinstall the whole DVD the next time.