Garrett D'Amore wrote: > Glynn Foster wrote: >> Hey, >> >> Garrett D'Amore wrote: >> >>> I realize that a lot of focus is being spent on JDS 3/gnome, and that >>> this is largely a good thing for the end user. >>> >>> However, I am interested, also, in having a "lightweight" desktop >>> environment, suitable for use by system administrators to access gui >>> tools on machines that are otherwise not normally used as a desktop. >>> (Think of an NFS server somewhere. It is useful to be able to run smc >>> and such tools, without paying the full price of Gnome.) >>> >>> The requirements for such an environment would not be dissimilar to >>> those required for graphical suninstall -- a basic window manager like >>> mwm or dtwm would be adequate. I'd be even happier if we got something >>> like xfce4, which was open source, into such as an environment (but then >>> again, I use xfce4 on my primary desktop). >>> >> Sounds good to me - maybe it's something you'd like to consider championing? >> While it's probably a good business case for Sun to support any more desktops >> than we currently do [1], we could consider doing something like this in the >> companion CD? >> >> >> Glynn >> >> [1] And after CDE moves away, I'd far rather capture that space and reduce >> the number of CD's in a Solaris install than add another desktop env >> > > I have no idea if I can champion anything at all. But see my earlier > post with respect to "environments". At this point I would be strongly > in favor of picking up fvwm a basic Window Manger (not a whole desktop > environment) and putting it in the basic install (the same place that > twm is found) so that suninstall etc. can make use of it. I would _not_ > like this on a separate companion CD, because at that point it loses > most of its advantages (sysadmins can't "count on it being there", and > Sun can't use it for suninstall, etc.) >
I'm doubtful that we're interested in it for Solaris installation. We're moving in the direction of providing a full Gnome desktop instead that lets you try things out before installing or while the install is happening. Other distributions might make other choices, I suppose, but that's what we're looking at for Sun's. Dave
