Re: [debian-knoppix] Suggestions for knoppix
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Rachel Goldman wrote:
> not to start a flame war but here is some suggestions
> that I think will make it better..
>
> 1) passwords are disabled. Although simpler most
> programs that require root
> privledges need a "sudo passwd" anyways..
Can you explain this, how is sudo not allowing access to whatever it is?
Are you using something other than the default user knoppix? edit
/etc/sudoers.
> 2) acrobat is OUTDATED and most pdfs online now need
> at least 5.x
> 7) install flash, don't ask us to
It needs to be legal!
A license which allows redistribution is required! I have called and sent
email to Macromedia and Real.com about including these items on our CD,
thus far they have not responded. One point that is really annoying about
Marcomedia is they have a license program setup on their website that
makes it easy to redistribute flash and shockwave in something like
Knoppix, except that they have excluded Linux!
> 3) lack of newbie friendly, gui ftp/news
> clients(gftp/pan would be my prefered
> apps)
Someone mentioned using konqerer with 2 windows for ftp. Mozilla can do
the news. Personally I'll stick with rsync and scp for file transfers.
> 4) Choose a office suite and stick with it, use the
> space for more apps or
> put gnome back.
Use Gnoppix then, or one other dervitives that suits your taste.
> 5) configuration for gnome 1 is outdated (eg.
> /etc/skel), remove it or update
> them for those who add gnome into their remaster
Can you be more specific?
I have installed a couple Gnome applications on our remastered CD and they
seem to be working fine.
> 6) removing imagemagick in favor of gimp will remove
> knoppix-servicemenus.. Why?
My guess is a debian package dependency issue.
> 8) use kdm in runlevel 5 to allow someone to log into
> root for extended use of
> applications that need it or infrequent crashes or
> changes that would
> shutdown knoppix.
You want root and a GUI?
Why not open a terminal window and...
xhost +
su -c program
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