Hi Jim, hi Jerome, hi everyone else,
About the theme "the installation CD has no longer free space":
It would be interesting to find out which clientele downloads the FreeDOS CD the most.
I could imagine that games are particularly interesting for newbies, whereas
programming tools are needed less. As the professionals know what to do to get them - and I think programming should not be done on a trial version -
they should have less problems to install their needed programs and they could be moved out of CD and installed via fdnpkg.
I could imagine that games are particularly interesting for newbies, whereas
programming tools are needed less. As the professionals know what to do to get them - and I think programming should not be done on a trial version -
they should have less problems to install their needed programs and they could be moved out of CD and installed via fdnpkg.
So, how about integrating fdnpkg into fdimples?
This would mean that ALL FreeDOS programs available in Gitlab (or wherever) should be listed in fdimples
(possibly via a special menu item) and can be downloaded and installed by fdimples via
fdnpkg or wget or similar if desired.
I don't know how much programming effort that requires,
but it would be much easier for newbies to install programs, games, etc.
which are not on the CD, make it easier because their function is briefly explained in fdimples.
but it would be much easier for newbies to install programs, games, etc.
which are not on the CD, make it easier because their function is briefly explained in fdimples.
So similar to what many Linux distributions already do (additional installation via GUI or apt-get install).
Cheers
Willi
We've had off-and-on conversations on this list about what packages
really need to be in the distribution and which do not. But I think
this needs its own thread so we can better track the discussion. I'll
take another look at the packages and sizes, based on T2310, and start
a new thread to make some suggestions.
Jim
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