Re: Remaining task packages ...
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 03:17:23PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Ben Armstrong wrote:
>
> > junior-simulation-games
> > Depends: freeciv
> lincity
Needs a description for our package listing (focus on using this package
with children, appropriate age, etc.).
> > junior-internet-tools
> > Depends: mozilla
> Hmmm, seems really hard to me to suggest a reasonable browser. I would
> use mozilla for my own, but I suspect many people will suggest other
> browsers.
Can I kick-start this discussion again? What would make a good
junior-internet-tools package? That's next up on my list to make. Steer
clear of Gnome and KDE dependencies, please. Also keep in mind our age 8
and under "initial audience", with 7 to 12 being our secondary audience.
If children 8 and under don't use anything other than a web browser, and
only occasionally send email (and then do that from a parent's account)
then we can just focus on providing two, possibly three browsers:
1. best GUI browser (that would be mozilla I think)
2. best "light" GUI browser (suggestions?)
3. best non-GUI browser (lynx? links?) or do children even need this?
Email is a decision children's sys admins will probably wish to make on
their own. So unless there is a clear winner for a "child-friendly email
program" I'm inclined to leave that out of "version 1" of Debian Jr. As
for other networked apps, I cannot think of any (non-game) Internet apps
that I would use with my children. Can you?
Ben
p.s. Have I dropped the ball on any recently suggested additions to the
"Packaged" listing? I have a feeling that I may have, since for
some time I put a hold on updates while I was providing i18n support
by breaking it up into indvidual files. Please remind me if you see
suggestions that never made it to the listing that should go in.
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