Re: Floppy X
Mark Eichin wrote:
>
> > To log into X you must have (at least):
>
> Note that if we want small, and we've already got perl, we can drop
> xrdb, since I've got a minimal perl Xlib (raw perl, no libraries) that
> can do an xrdb directly. Then again, we can drop xrdb anyway --
> anything local can read ~/.Xresources, and if you've got remote
> clients, then you can install xrdb from the net too.
Yes, perl can be dropped unless any installation uses perl script.
Perl binary alone takes around 900k in my SGI.
> However, this is just for a *minimal* installation. You'd really want
> to install a *real* X installation (from CDROM of course - you can get
> CDROM drives as low as $80 these days[2].)
Yesterday I got a CD rom drive (paid 45 pounds roughly 70 dollars) and
a freshly burnt CD of Debian. I spent 3 or 4 hours in the
night only finding that the CD is somewhat wrongly recorded.
I also lost my WinNT and Win95(I am sure I can recover these though with
extra hours).
Now I feel really frustrated. As I have pointed out there are always
unexpected things like CD burner has errors or the written CD is
not correct etc. Or even buggy distribution can be uploaded to
a mass production line(as I heard on Debian). It is full of
errors. If you are a progrmmer, you will know how unpredictable in
computing and programming. It is always important to have all sorts
of possibilities.
If I can run Perl in X (I mean with many windows and some decent
editors and tools), I can manage to make my own installation or whatever.
Do I have to develop yet another Linux distribution system with C ????
Because the present systems are unfriendly?
If I were just a computer user who wanted to use Linux for some application
purposes, I am sure I have backed off by now, saying Linux is a crap
exaggerating the frustration.
I do not know people who develop Debian distribution are using
single or a few text terminal for their programs, but without
any basic graphical env(X), I can not or rather would not
develop any codes. It is not fun.
I really feel the very basic X where you can load multiple windows is
a must.
No other distribution has organized disks in that way and Debian
can be better if it can support X base disks IMHO.
I start to feel wonder I have to go back to my Linux FT which
was really easy to install. It took less than 30 minutes to
have fully functioning UNIX.
--
Jong
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