Hi guys, Sorry to gatecrash the dev list here. I'm hoping to start really getting my teeth into the problem of Linux usability, which is the number one issue that has kept me from switching completely to Linux as a desktop system for years. I'm biting the bullet now, however, and ready to get my hands dirty. If you don't mind, I just wanted to ask a couple of questions about what you already have planned for Gobolinux, as I'm sure you must already have great things planned and I'd love to help out!
I found a post somewhere (that I can't find any more!) that mentioned a plan that I understood to be something along the lines of replacing the program symlinking solution with a unionfs-based system. Did I understand this correctly? A while before I found that post, I spent some time thinking really carefully about what I'd like personally in terms of usability from Gobolinux, and this came top of my list, so it's particularly exciting if it's already in the pipeline! My thoughts particularly lie with programs being re-locatable (ie not necessarily in the /Programs dir). I really think Apple got things right when it comes to program installation, as I mentioned in a post on the user list a few weeks back. I believe ChrootCompile produces packages, is that right? (I'm afraid I haven't put much time into trying it yet.) This sounds ideal to me. I much prefer the idea of ending up with a package, rather than it being installed directly like Compile, and the chroot jail has obvious advantages. I think it's the low coupling that appeals to me in this. Combining this with the above idea, it would be great to be able to run a program that I've just compiled, just by double-clicking on the package. Do you have anything along these lines planned already? Sorry to take up your time; I'd just like to try and get up to speed with what you're already thinking so that I can put my own thoughts in context :) Paul _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
