This is such an interesting discussion.
Granted my quick check of the survey was a bit of a mess. still I have a
question / comment as someone who uses DOS exclusively, but who has not
installed freedos on a machine due to a couple of factors.
I resonate with the freedos is open source concept. still, speaking
personally I feel one wants a
version of the install that lets you run Freedos, and incorporate the
other DOS programs you desire, with some baseline aspects too.
So, why can there not be two editions of the install? One with absolutely
everything so that developers can still be innovative. And, one that gives
an end user what they desire, networking that works, the foundations for
troubleshooting issues, drivers for setting things up, video, audio, modem
and wireless / wired internet. as many browsers that will work, and if
included more than one editor.
The networking aspect is a critical, so that one can add more if needed.
besides improving sshdos so that new dh keys work is a win for Freedos
generally.
Since someone referenced wordstar, I am a wordperfect person, does that
mean Wordstar exists for open source use?
Just my thoughts,
Karen
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020, Jerome Shidel wrote:
Hi,
Some random additional thoughts,
I guess some times there was a little confusion with the 1.2 release over a
FULL install.
Some thought it installed absolutely everything on the disc. But, that was not
the case.
There was over 400mb of packages not included by FULL. Those were the EXTRA
packages.
Many people probably never even though to look at those EXTRAs.
So with 1.3-RC3, we made FULL install pretty much everything on the CD.
This resulted in a lengthy install, cluttered root and much un-needed cruft.
While we will work on fixing all of that root directory clutter, I don’t think
500-600 mb FULL install is the answer.
In my opinion,
Slimming FULL back to 100mb maximum
No (or very limited) EXTRAS on the install CD
Maybe everything else on a separate BONUS (or maybe eventually a Bonus
Dev, GUI, Utils) disc.
:-)
Jerome
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