mikshaw
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Posted: July 12 2006,05:59 |
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There was a huge debate about whether or not to add Firefox in the first place, and there are still threads being created on one side or the other fairly frequently. The decision to include it was at least partially because there is no other open source browser available which supports anywhere near as much of the multitudes of web protocols, plugins, and scripts as Firefox, while still remaining small and fast enough to be included in DSL.
Midnight Commander has also been debated, and was for a very brief time removed from DSL, with much negative feedback. The bottom line is that mc has become a fundamental part of a linux system, and is used more frequently than most other apps by many people.
Lynx does not exist in DSL.
Opera is already a mydsl item, and has been for a while. Check the uci section, or testing.
I can't disagree with you about the usefulness of Xmms in my personal life, as I hardly ever use it, but i don't agree with your reason "clients for DSL hardly use it for multimedia". DSL is intended to be a general-purpose desktop. One of the most common uses for a home desktop is multimedia.
I have no opinion of the last two apps....i don't use word processors, and have used a spreadsheet only a few times in my life.
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