$.02:
David E. Fox wrote:
So far so good...some servers should be included, postfix / apache
probably for starters. No need for innd,postgresd, etc. Again, the
current installation profiles need to be tweaked - one shouldn't have
to go for a server install to get a few necessary (plus some
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 20:59, Michel Clasquin wrote:
On Saturday 30 June 2001 10:35, Franki wrote:
non-KDE/non-GNOMEapps:
xmms - it looks like Winamp, sounds like winamp, it even uses winamp skins.
A newie essential.
XMMS is actually part of the GNOME project. It works equally well in KDE,
: Sunday, 1 July 2001 8:38 PM
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Great suggestion for Mandrake.
$.02:
David E. Fox wrote:
So far so good...some servers should be included, postfix / apache
probably for starters. No need for innd,postgresd, etc
..
just more of my inane thoughts.. my apologies.. :-)
regards
Frank
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Frank wrote:
There is a HUGE need for a distro that doesn't offer so many options
that it drives would be users away
I think you have many good ideas, but speaking as a Windows user who has
recently installed Mandrake 8, it wasn't the large number of options
that is the problem, but the
Two good ideas!
Randy Kramer
Franki wrote:
Maybe a tiny floppy app, that can probe a windows system and give a report
of what is likely to work with linux and what isn't ...
then give heaps of the disks to mandrake resellers, so people can try one in
thier computers before buying the
On Sunday 01 July 2001 05:06 pm, Judith Miner wrote:
Frank wrote:
There is a HUGE need for a distro that doesn't offer so many options
that it drives would be users away
I think you have many good ideas, but speaking as a Windows user who has
recently installed Mandrake 8, it wasn't
Excellent answer!
On Sunday 01 July 2001 20:29, Romanator wrote:
Judy,
A good portion of what you have mentioned has been covered in the
Mandrake archives. People are working on these features and more than
can mentioned in a few brief emails. Rather than stepping on the gas and
trying
Hi all,
After hearing many people talk about how linux is not suitable for the
desktop, I figured I'd add my 2 cents worth..
IF Linux was setup to default to only the same functionality and install
options that windows has,, it would be really easy to install and just as
easy to use...
think
Whoa, just to clarify my comment I meant nothing about Linux being suitable
for the desktop or for the average user, whatever that might be.
Just for the record I think of Linux as a much more sophisticated and
complex OS than Windows and Mac. By no means do I think otherwise. It is not
an easy
http://www.linuxbase.org/
enjoy
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remove all servers and the multiple apps of the same apps, settle on one for
each,, one word processor, one spreadsheet, one text editor,, one of
everthing...
I kind of like that idea. Peanut linux or other small distributions probably
already do something along that line -- if they can
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