On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:26:13 -0700 GLL wrote: | : From: Jonathan Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | : Subject: [PDXLUG] Functionally Overloaded Linux Distribution...? | : | : I want to put together a Linux distro weighing in at | : 100 CDs (not including source). At the same time, the | : distro can't just have 1000 X-based terminals, it's | : got to have software that people might conceivably | : want to use. | | How about tons of GUI-based tools to replace the incomprehensible and/or | tedious stuff that holds back Linux form taking over the heartland? | | - Install a tar.gz with a double-click. | | - Add/remove hardware without kernal-rebuilding hassles. | | - USB that 'works': I plug in one device, OS finds it and tells me what it is, | then I pass files around, press ONE 'disconnect ' button, and jack in some | other USB device. Maybe a mouse this time, or a drawing tablet. NO command | lines, no typing in meaningless groups of consonants interspersed with | numbers nobody cares about. Someone hands me a USB stick - I plug it in - I | shouldn't need to know the manufaturer, the size, or format (ext3 or fat?) | That's the computer's job - I just want to see the files. | | - Plug-n-play that WORKS. Need a new monitor? Buy one at Fry's. Buy a used on | at FreeGeek. What kind? Doesn't matter. Shut down Linux box, swap VGA cables | & reboot. Video looks the same, no questions asked, no incomprehensible text | asking about things nobody cares about. All I cared about was that this | monitor was $19 less than that one. Work with me on this one. | | - Same goes for adding a new printer. What's the difference between Postscript | and Ghostscript? Doesn't matter, I just need to print a .doc file someone | e-mailed me. Or a .pdf, or an .sdw. | | That's the way most people use computers. If we can make Linux THAT friendly, | things could get awesome.
There are plenty of current Linux projects that could use your help then. You weren't planning to reinvent all of those features, right? So contribute to them at best. Or at least fork them and re-write whatever is wrong with them. -- ~Randy _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
