Hi,

This has been "amusing", as I'm retired so the waste of time
hasn't cost me much, but this really needs a LOT of work if
you expect any but the most dedicated types to stay with it.

This is a fresh install of GoboLinux 016.

I tried replacing your comically large terminal program with xterm,
because I couldn't figure out which of the 50 command line arguments in the
rc.lua invocation of urxvt would change the font size and window size.

So I replaced that invocation with:

local terminal = "xterm -fg green -bg black"

That sort of works, except when running 'vi', the screen doesn't paint
correctly.
So that experiment failed.

Next, I read the wiki, wondering how to install software and do upgrades
to existing software.

The wiki says, to do upgrades, to run "Manager".

zsh: command not found: Manager.
blah blah,try
   InstallPackage Manager

OK, I try that.

Result: Package for Manager not found.

I also tried to install the following: mplayer, audacious, deluge, kicad,
xine,
OpenSCAD, and audacity.  All "not found".  One helpful suggestion
that popped up was "did I mean Xpdf".  I like that program, so I installed
it.
That, amazingly, worked.

But xpdf does not appear in the menu system, and it's not clear how to
add it.  I looked in rc.lua for a clue; found references to Audacious and
MPlayer,
which *don't* appear in the menu, but do, apparently, exist in some
alternate
GoboUniverse.

So, I'm done.  GoboLinux needs major work if you expect more than a handful
of users.

Good luck on the project.
Bill Dudley

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