Alex ZIJDENBOS wrote:
<BIG THREAD SNIP (already saved it to a file)>
Well is there any law that says we can't put together a Linux Lite RFC? Peanut
Linux is a fair example, but perhaps on the "light side of Lite".
I am sure that one would get plenty of comments<g>. In the meantime a distro
based on the RFC and blatantly labeled for Newbies with a second diskette to add
in the "goodies" later might be an idea.
A nice little Python Script to take newbies into the mysteries of the command
line, and joe, jed, vi, emacs running from the GUI interface could be downright
fun to write. I would be willing to work on it if someone else will supply the
"cool examples" designed to amaze and attract the people who've never seen
anything but a GUI. I mean, things like
Problem Cause Solution
KDE went flaky New Theme Trashed files Console as user
rm -r
~/.kde
startx
:-)
Are so attractive to people who have had to do a couple Win9x reinstalls for the
same effect ...... (And thanks to Steve Philp for that one, incidentally)
And if partnered with an innovative and fast-growing name like
Mandrakesoft..... Who can say what benefits might be derived?
Ah well, anyone interested has my email.
Civileme
> To some extend Mandrake is
> already doing a good job at this, but as far as I'm concerned the base
> selection of packages could be a lot `leaner.'
>
> I think the real problem would be to get the linux community to agree
> on what would be "recommended." I wouldn't want to try to suggest
> choosing either emacs or vi as The Editor in the base installation :)
> Perhaps distros like Mandrake could have their users vote on, for
> example, which of the 5 terminal programs should be installed by
> default, and which should be optional...
>
> -- Alex
