> "Banshee is mono based, and we do not include mono." > > Tell me, what is the difference between including a mono application > in the default install and including one in the main repository? > Either way, they're both a part of the distro. This also applies to > F-Spot.
Easy: mono wastes 12mb of the CD. > This is a tricky issue. I'm going to write an e-mail to Richard > Stallman about whether or not a free distro can include mono apps. Mono is a free implementation of .NET, so it is not a problem to distribute it. The problem with .NET is that it is covered by MS patents, so they can force us to stop using it when they wish -at least in the US-. That is a risk we should avoid, and removing mono from the default installation is a way to tell the developers that something is wrong with the platform. But there is nothing non-free in those programs as they are, so we can distribute them -as long as we are allowed to-. > "With 42 pixels the window list is two rows high, saving space." > > It saves horizontal space, I agree, but I don't think very many > people intuitively use a panel that way in the first place. Even less people uses the GNOME default two panel -same height- combination because is intuitive. They do because it is the default and somewhat cool because it looks weird. > "> Things are more likely to malfunction in a Free distro > > Why?" > > I was going to say: 'Because the lack of nonfree blobs and any > proprietary firmware means less hardware compatibility', but I think > there's actually a much better practical reason to include the > terminal icon on the panel. Luky you didn't say it, because I would have said that nonfree stuff is a lot more prone to failure as we cannot fix the bugs in a program we cannot modify. And if a piece of hardware has no free driver, the only thing you can do with the console is start typing a new driver. > Many novice GNU/Linux users have no familiarity with the concept of > a terminal. Despite the wonders Canonical has done to make GNU/Linux > a first-rate choice for desktops, most users are going to find > themselves using the command line sooner or later for some function > that simply has no GUI equivalent, That would be an advanced function, so it will be meant for non-novices, people who can navigate a menu. > and most tutorials automatically > assume you at least know what a terminal is; having the icon there > tells the novice user that ...GNU/Linux is a hard and scary OS for geeks. > A.) This is important and B.) When > tutorials tell you to "type this in a console", this is what they're > talking about. Whoever doesn't know what the terminal is shouldn't be tinkering with it using tutorials that say "sudo something_important --with-a-hammer" _______________________________________________ Trisquel-users mailing list [email protected] http://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-users
