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Delboy

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Posted: Feb. 07 2005,13:37

A lot of the fluxbox base themes are dull or plain nasty. Better to clear out a lot of these and leave say 4 or 5 x standard ones left and use saved space for one really good integrated graphic theme. The black standard DSL background simply doesn't convey the immense capabilities of the DSL project to newbies. What about the tuxvxp.dsl theme?
As for other window decoration, a working 'WindowMaker' window manager version would be pretty attractive to newbs also - the point being it looks nothing like Windows.
Also, a (base) one click on/off dialup connection button dock app. would make sense. To flip between e-mail and browser windows and burrowing through the menus to start a connection (something which is automatic in Windows) is a bit of a drag. Yes - pretty picky I know.

ke4nt1

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Posted: Feb. 07 2005,14:14

1. DBLclicking on a window title bar doesn't maximize the window. It hides. :S

2. There isn't any "Luna" theme. ( or the flying windowpanes! ) ..wtf?

3. I can't find ANY virus software that works! ( they all say "no viruses found" )

4. What happened to my "pop-ups" ? ( Rancho De Amor, and so forth? )

5. There's no critical updates for me to download each day? what's up wit that?

6. There's no one to talk to at 1-800-DSL-ROCKS to give me a new license key
when I upgrade my hardware or install my copy of DSL to another computer.

7. I miss getting all the dozens of cool adware bars autoloaded in my browser.

8. Where's the warez? I'm a hot cracker, but there's no warez here to crack?

9. I miss spending hours and hours searching for the latest mobo and video
drivers after my system crashes, and installing them by the buttload!

10. Alright, where did you hide the "Start" button?
( or , when does my trial version of DSL expire? )
( or, how long should I wait before reinstalling DSL so it will run faster?)

73
ke4nt

mikshaw

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Posted: Feb. 07 2005,15:31

Quote (eydaimon @ Feb. 07 2005,01:49)

was I the only one who missess screen then?

I made an extension last month, but never submitted it. DSL apparently doesn't utilize setuid in the same manner as other distros, so in order to use screen as a regular user in tty you need to manually change ownership of /dev/tty1. This isn't a big issue for me personally, but it was enough to make me hesitate in submitting the extension.

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http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html

flying tuxman Offline

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Posted: Feb. 07 2005,17:59

personally, when i talk about improving look I dont think about windoze but just lighter, airy feeling and readibility.
I love fluxbox and prefer pulldown menu over icons all the way.
I think fluxbox, the console and all the linux GUI holds a great fascination in terms both of feeling of use and visual pleasantness.
yet, and dellboy said it perfectly, DSL look do not convey its immense capability and power.
also, it was you again dellboy, so many fluxbox themes are plainly useless (I can think of one better than Minimal).
I think a good example is SLAX.
it was the very first linux desktop I have seen and I remember thinking this looks cool, simple but elegant.
in term of functionality DSL is on a league of its own, and I think getting to this point involved so much work that look might have been secondary.

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Posted: Feb. 07 2005,18:52

dellboy say it perfectly.
in terms of power and functionaly, DSL its on a league of its own, yet its look does not convey its inner beauty.
I think linux GUI holds a great visual fascination even to novices and would be crazy to "windowsize" it.
Simply most of fluxbox styles are plainly useless and that space could be used otherwise.
SLAX is a good example.
It was the first linux desktop I ever seen and i remember liking the fresh and light impression.
anyway, I'm also aware that getting to the point where DSL is now took an awful amount of work and image might not have been a main priority.

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