Hi Guys, I've been using SXDE (in it's various versions) for about 9mths now and have just recently migrated to it as my sole platform on my home PC**. From the outset I've been extremely happy with SXDE and the direction it's taking. (I started with SXDE 05/07 and have upgraded with every release of SXDE).
I do have a few queries regarding it though? (Most of these are desktop focused). 1. The default libSDL (SUNWlibsdl) library doesn't come with OpenGL enabled. What's the rational behind this? Many more recent games are using SDL w/OpenGL, and therefore fail to run using the default libSDL installation. Eg, ioQuake3 (svn version ~1200+), WormUX, Scorch3D, etc. (I've just rebuilt libSDL myself with the appropriate support, and all the above games run extremely well on my box). 2. While it's great that GTKKam is included, has there been any though to including UFRaw as well for those of use that have DSLRs? (UFRaw also has a GIMP plugin, that allows GIMP to load RAW images directly). 3. RhythmBox doesn't come with any support of MP3 players built-in, even though it does support them according to it's website? In lieu I've installed GNomad2 and it's working fine with my iRiver Clix mp3 player. 4. On x64 systems, I've noticed a large difference between the 32bit and their respective 64bit library counterparts. (Comparing what's in /usr/lib vs /usr/lib/amd64). I did read somewhere, someone has filed a bug report against this, but can't find it anyway? Does someone have an update on this? (It's a PITA to build software for 64bit, only to realise while the 32bit library exists, it's 64bit version is missing. eg libGlade, libGTKSourceView). 5. I respect to the above, is it possible (on x86/x64 systems) to change the default build from 32bit to 64bit? Is there a pure 64bit version in the pipeline, (that can run 32bit code when needed, similar to how FreeBSD does it for x64 based systems). 6. Does anyone have instructions on how to rebuild GStreamer with mp3 encoding and DVD playback support? (For the moment, I've installed LAME/Grip for CD ripping, and MPlayer for DVD playback to get around this). But it would be nice to use the built-in apps for these applications. (PS. I do understand why mp3/DVD support isn't part of the default build). 7. During installation (and while using Caiman), is it possible to tell Caiman not to create a live-upgrade partition if your drive is larger than 20GB? 8. Are there any plans to create a suite of tools like those found in MS Windows Small Business Server, that will help new users setup a complete LAN infrastructure with NIS+, SAMBA, OpenLDAP, etc. using a single wizard? And then a management tool to assist with the local management. I'm not staying the tool should cover a huge multi-site WAN setup, but something to take on MS Windows SBS. 9. And kudo's again to the dev team for a solid OS. Darran. PS. Re: point 8, it's more of a pipe-dream than a real question... PPS. Hardware is dual Opteron 242, 2GB RAM , SCSI RAID, nVidia gfx (GF5500 AGP), VXA Tape, DVD-RW, etc. All my hardware was supported out-of-the-box. :) ** I was triple booting FreeBSD 6.x, WinXP x64 and SXDE until recently. This message posted from opensolaris.org
