Bart Smaalders wrote: > Eric Boutilier wrote: > >> Bart Smaalders wrote: >> >>> Eric Boutilier wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> What hit me is that in order to be viable these days, any >>>> desktop implementation needs Firefox, and that Firefox >>>> is based on GNOME (GTK+) libraries, Glib, Pango, ATK, >>>> et al. So what does this have to do with this document? >>>> Well, in addition to the set of packages needed to get >>>> X running[1], all the packages that Firefox needs (lots of >>>> them) are also required. So here's a copy of that set. In >>>> specific, this set is intended to comprise the additional >>>> packages that Firefox depends on, but not to include >>>> any superfluous packages: >>> >>> >>> >>> I'll assert w/o proof that any desktop that needs firefox & >>> gnome isn't small... >> >> >> >> Yes, but I meant not GNOME, but rather a subset of the same GUI >> libraries that GNOME happens to also use. E.g. if viewed in the >> context of the JDS consolidation, a small subset of it. >> >> Eric >> > > Ok, but seriously, why minimize a user desktop? > > I understand if you're building a network appliance w/ limited > memory or some sort of embedded controller, but desktops tend > to grow... and there's nothing more irritating than hunting up > and installing software you could have put there to begin > with.... > >
My view is that I'm pretty sure that the _extent_ to which it could be smaller is significant enough, and that, done properly, the hunting would be no worse; therefore, I think it's worth it. The target audience are the same type of users who have made the Damn Small Linux desktop distro so popular. Eric
