On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 08:03:52PM +0530, Rajkumar Andrews wrote:
> >I know that the bloat comes from the GUI, but I am trying to put
> >together a system with good GUI features for a simple user - my mom, for
> >example. All I can hope is to use various tweaks to minimise the bloat,
> >but the tweaks should be simple enough to put in a generic HOWTO.
> Please explain that to me. I find an apparent contradiction when you say
> 'good GUI features' and 'tweaks to be simple enough'. In my mind features
> are features -- simple or complicated. ALL features, IMHO, may or may not
> create 'bloat'. One needs to decide and sometimes the open source
> technologies can you an options list which may seem to be too much to
> decide from.
Thanks for your patience ... there is no contradiction here - both of
us are talking about the same thing - too many options! I am trying to
put together a set of sane configs for a person who has absolutely no
interest in figuring out how computers/software work. Think of your
friendly neighbourhood compounder, or accountant, or even simple
minded parents who only need a computer to print letters and send
email ...
> >X cannot be run on a different machine.
> Are you telling me X cannot run as fact or as you telling me it can't run
> in the environment you have currently?
X is in charge of managing the interface hardware ... mouse clicks,
keypress events, drawing regions on the screen, etc. It has no
business running on a remote server. It's supposed to run on the
machine with which the user is directly interacting. So your original
suggestion of using a dumb pc and running X on a remote server can't
work ...
> >Linux-from-scrath, you mean? Maybe if it is easy enough to do without
> >"expert" supervision ...
> Again, 'easy enough' is a relative matter. When I started out years ago I
<snip>
> Bangalore who decided to send me email without a proper return address! I
> learnt and I survived, both. Why don't you go through the
> Linux-From-Scratch HOWTO and see if you can do something better than
> them?! Theirs is a full-blown thing which you may not need for your Mum.
>
> My humble advice is to really start compiling kernels and things yourself.
> Distros are, well... ahem.... really I need to take a break :-)
I hope I have managed to clear my intentions in this regard!
Sameer.
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MTech Student,
Reconfigurable Computing Lab,
KReSIT, IIT-Bombay.
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