Re: Debian-lite
On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Travis Cole wrote:
> >What I had in mind to do for the local distribution that I was going to
> >make was fvwm and a nice set of default menus. The default X install can
> >be made a little nicer than Debian because I would only give them one
> >choice .... X or no X with fvwm installed as the window manager if they
> >choose it.
>
> Even better, I think would be a realy nicely, but not overly complicated, setup
> Afterstep, or (future version or) WindowMaker.
>
> And possibly have the install program tailor the config files for the
> windowmanager specificly for the programs installed.
>
> Perhaps choose a default setup for Wharf (or the dock) with some of the most
> often used apps and if the user didn't install some have it check for that and
> substitute another app and an Icon to go with it.
>
All of this is much too complicated for the installation that I have in
mind. Nearly 100% of the installs will be people that have run only DOS
or OS/2 before.
fvwm is well documented and there are a gazillion examples of
configuration files that allow the user to customize their setup. THe
GoodStuff button panel is very useful and a simple pager with four
desktops is easilly done and easilly understood by the newbie reading the
config files.
I would probably include TkDesk and FileRunner along with knews and XfMail
or exmh for mail. I would not shove a lot of appications down the user's
throat considering that the distribution is likely, at first, to be on a
shared disk system with a legacy OS.
George Bonser
Why is it that the same people that tell us that manned space flight
is a waste of money also tell us that we have been visited by aliens?
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