On Monday 10 December 2001 22:54, Fabrice FACORAT wrote: > le lun 10-12-2001 � 14:01, Leon Brooks a �crit : >> Not that I want this much Windows integration by default, but it's a nice >> option to offer, perhaps as a ``make my computer more like Windows but >> without the crashes and security holes'' check-box during install and/or >> as a new-user window manager option for those who do:
>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT2800785910.html > I was very impressed by Elx. But you can't have this in standard mdk. > + Elx is heavily specialised ans based only on KDE. So they customise > KDE a lot and so break compatibilities with others distro and packages > you can find on the Net ( for example taking KDE 2.2.2 from kde.org will > break your Elx KDE ). Mandrake can probably do *most* of what they have done without breaking KDE. > As it is heavily specialised, it may not be a good server distro. But it > aims to be only a desktop distro. This is a maybe. Worth investigating a little, I think. > Note : they use somes mandrake tools as harddrake and drakfont. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? (-: > + many things seems to be prelink ( speed impression ) so normal upgrade > as to be fogotten. You have to stick with Elx. AFAIK, prelinking doesn't preclude updating, just means you have to do a re-link pass after each upgrade. > + mdk is too heterogeneous. They have 2 desktop ( gnome/KDe ) so they > can't customise only one of them. They also support many wm. Yes, at least 10 of them at last count (KDE, Gnome/Sawfish, Enlightenment, WindowMaker, ICEwm, BlackBox, xfce, Fvwm, Fvwm2, mwm, twm, maybe olwm? However, the specialisations need only be applied to KDE, and preferably kept separate so you can log in with KDE-standard or KDE-windowsified. > + mdk is too polyvalent/compatible/open : desktop, server, firewall. So > they can't customise too much their scripts/prog. Polyvalent, true, and I like that a lot. However, to labour a point, much of the customisation discussed could be layered over this. Cheers; Leon
