On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 10:25 -0700, Daniel Cardenas - AZ wrote: > What do you think of the idea of having a debian desktop release real > soon? In order to get it out real soon the only difference would be a > different set of packages or additional set of packages installed by > default. I would ask the install team, Joey Hess, to ask during > installation if this is for a server or desktop(unstable). (I'm sure > there is a better way of asking that.) If it is for a desktop then the > default installation would include gnome and KDE.
Well, there already is a desktop task which includes Gnome and KDE. If there's a package which you think desktop users need but isn't in this task, you should start a discussion on debian-devel about adding this package to the desktop task. > There are a bunch of other simple changes we could try for example > soften the security model. Debian does a bunch of things to prevent a > normal user from abusing the system. Details: root can't access the > screen without executing xauth (blah) command. On a single user system > is this desired? Perhaps we could eliminate the need to execute xauth. > Do you have other simple changes to propose? I think this has worked before. It's just a matter of setting the XAUTHORITY variable, really. Probably a bug. > I think having a desktop release would generate lots of interest in the > desktop and help get it off the ground. Why do you call it a "release"? Why is it different than a normal Debian release? -- Pelle
