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JK Why does everyone keep saying that X should
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Dave Van Dijck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Maybe a new project could be started to create a good desktop that takes a few
good idea's from other desktops like win95 and OS/2's PM, and adds idea's of
it's own. It has been tried several times before,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) writes:
One must be brief in these things,
otherwise nobody reads them.
You're right. It was worth reading your mail - I hope that's get printed all
over the world!
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Why does everyone keep saying that X should look like Win 95. I don't want
This I totally disagree!!! I'd rather prefer X to work more
like OS/2 :P. AFAIK, win95's interface is not as Object-
Oriented (OO) as M$ has claimed. OS/2 users should know.
I particularly find win95 difficult to
Bruce:
Who is the target audience of this press release? Persons who've
never heard of Linux? I'd suggest that you target persons who
use commercial versions of UNIX on expensive workstations at
the office, and Windows 95 at home. This person has probably heard
of Linux, but has little or no
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:
From: David Gaudine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nor any suggestion that any other Linux distribution may have ever
existed. It really sounds like the Debian team finished the job and
made Linux into a useable system.
The task was not to write the history
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Yoav Cohen-Sivan wrote:
It is a sort of Press Release whipped-up by the Debian Project Leader.
I really didn't intend to chastise him for this - I am a staunch Debian
advocate. I just wanted to remark that the press release was a bit
low-key on attributing the GNU
It is possible to build an operating system from software which
is available from ftp/web sites around the world. Typically
one starts with the Linux kernel and adds GNU utilities and
compiler. However, building an functional operating system
from workable parts can be an enormous task
Why does everyone keep saying that X should look like Win 95. I don't want
to get into a shouting match about which is easer to use and those people
who like the Win 95 look and feel can stick with it. I just don't like
the fact that some people feel we should masqurade(?), I feel we should
First and foremost - great going guys! But... It saddened me to see
no mention of Linus' name in the article. He is more than just a
Finnish college student (in fact, he isn't one anymore) and I believe
he should have been given more credit, at least his name should have
appeared in the press
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Yoav Cohen-Sivan wrote:
First and foremost - great going guys! But... It saddened me to see
no mention of Linus' name in the article. He is more than just a
Neither of Richard Stallman or the GNU team...
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On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote:
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Yoav Cohen-Sivan wrote:
First and foremost - great going guys! But... It saddened me to see
no mention of Linus' name in the article. He is more than just a
Neither of Richard Stallman or the GNU team...
Nor any
Jonas Bofjall wrote:
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Yoav Cohen-Sivan wrote:
First and foremost - great going guys! But... It saddened me to see
no mention of Linus' name in the article. He is more than just a
Neither of Richard Stallman or the GNU team...
// Jonas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I haven't read the article but perhaos the article is talking about the
differences b/w the the debian and other distributions? If that's the case
then the debian developers surely deserve most of the credit.
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Yoav Cohen-Sivan wrote:
Jonas Bofjall wrote:
On Thu, 20 Feb
Robert Nicholson wrote:
I haven't read the article but perhaos the article is talking about the
differences b/w the the debian and other distributions? If that's the case
then the debian developers surely deserve most of the credit.
It is a sort of Press Release whipped-up by the
It saddened me to see no mention of Linus' name in the article. He is
more than just a Finnish college student (in fact, he isn't one
anymore) and I believe he should have been given more credit, at least
his name should have appeared in the press release. No harm intended
Bruce, but Linus'
From: David Gaudine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nor any suggestion that any other Linux distribution may have ever
existed. It really sounds like the Debian team finished the job and
made Linux into a useable system.
The task was not to write the history of Linux, it was to explain a
difficult concept
From: Jonas Bofjall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Neither of Richard Stallman or the GNU team...
I wasn't writing the credits for Linux. I had 65 lines in which to write
a press release, and I went to 72. One must be brief in these things,
otherwise nobody reads them.
Bruce
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From: Yoav Cohen-Sivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Very true! The article, IMHO, should have stated that the Debian
project was a group of volunteers working hard to bring together the
hard work of others, and not make it look like Debian is some new OS
written by the Debian project, with nary a
Seeing as how it looks like this is a release meant for the general
public I deem it only fair that they think of Debian as an
implementation of the GNU project and the Linux Kernel, and not as some
new OS. I would prefer Debian stood on its own merit.
I assumed that the public who would be
It does say debian (GNU/Linux...is that ok Mr. Stallman??) is going to space
so you do have to expect the guys from debian, as any normal human, to talk
about themselves more and just mention Linus. Basically I don't see any
wrong doing, therefore no reason to point fingers and yell, but it would
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