On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 04:20:13PM +0300, Linas Žvirblis wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > Z > > If so, I would be happy to add this to tasksel, so that the desktop task > > automatically installs it if it detects a system that is not easily > > capable of running kde/gnome. Tasksel has the infrastructure needed to > > support doing this kind of thing, just a matter of finding appropriate > > heuristics to pick the right desktop variant in an unsuprising way. Hi Linas, what about /proc/cpuinfo to determine MHZ and /proc/meminfo to find MB. does this provide some way to get this info accross all (or most) of the archs/subarch? And how about using /proc/* to guess what kind of storage is avalable to determine which install will likely fill the HD? > > No automatic detection can be 100% unsurprising, because it highly > depends on your expectations. I do realize that desktop task is not > targeted at experienced users, but this autodetection should at least be > optional. > > I am sure this has been discussed many times, but one thing i would > really like to see in tasksel is: > > [X] Desktop environment > [X] I do not know (automatic/default) > [ ] KDE desktop environment > [ ] GNOME desktop environment > [ ] XFCE desktop environment > [ ] $foo desktop environment > > > I think this would be better than a meta package because it would be > > available in the regular install, and it would avoid some of the issues > > with meta packages. > > Meta package or not, I do not consider "Light Desktop" a good name > because it is too general. A name like "XFCE desktop" would be way more > descriptive. What about: '100-300MHZ system desktop(XFCE)' Also, based upon the cpu/mem info, display: you machine has a 766MHZ processor with 128MB memory. [x]KDE desktop environment[500mhz or greater] [ ]GNOME desktop evirnoenne[500mhz or greater] [ ]XFCE desktop enviorneme[300mhz or greater] [ ]TWM desktop enviroemnet[100mhz or greater] ... cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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