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Posted: Oct. 16 2004,14:57 QUOTE

the only thing that i think dsl needs it some sort of compiler
and maybe the new 2.4 kernel patch to write to NTFS volumes?
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Posted: Oct. 16 2004,23:43 QUOTE

Having the ability to write to NTFS volumes would REALLY make DSL more robust in the corporate world.  Reading NTFS has been useful enough. (I love booting up DSL in front of the corp IT geeks and watch their chin drop as I bypass all their security to retrieve a user's files off the disk)

Another thing I would REALLY like to be able to do is to mount a MS windows share point.  All of the data on our corp network is hosted on Windows servers.  Sure, I know I can do this with the Samba terminal client, but that's a real pain and it doesn't make the files directly accessable to applications.  I want to just be able to mount it, then access just like any other data resource.  Can someone enlighten me, or is LinNeighborhood the only way to accomplish this???

I know you may be targeting the "left behind," but DSL could really make a dent in the corporate ranks too if the right tools were built in for people to be able to access all their data....

For what it's worth, you can dump that ABS spreadsheet app out of the ISO.  I started my wife working on it just to make a simple table of all her beads.  She kept complaining that the app would just "disappear."    You must be doing something wrong...I told her.  Then I tried, and sure enough, it was really flakey.  Sometimes you'd scroll down and it would crash. Sometimes you select something off one of the menu bars and it would crash.  It really just seemed quite unstable.  So I installed Open Office as fast as I could before I lost her as a convert...  Now THAT is a great app.


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Posted: Oct. 17 2004,02:12 QUOTE

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the only thing that i think dsl needs it some sort of compiler


DSL has a C compiler - tcc - works great. if you want the full gcc, you can grab it from the testing area of the Extension vault. Obviously, since it's still in testing, you shouldn't use it on a HD install, but it works great.

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and maybe the new 2.4 kernel patch to write to NTFS volumes?


If it gets incorporated into Knoppix, than it could be possible to see it in a future version of DSL, though I wouldn't expect to see it before 0.12 or so :p

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For what it's worth, you can dump that ABS spreadsheet app out of the ISO.


So i'm not the only one who has issues with the stability of ABS. :/ Unfortunately, I haven't had much success finding a suitable replacement. Space restrictions, ya know. If you find something that fits DSL's profile as a replacement, suggest it!

-J.P.
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Posted: Oct. 17 2004,02:18 QUOTE

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So i'm not the only one who has issues with the stability of ABS. :/ Unfortunately, I haven't had much success finding a suitable replacement. Space restrictions, ya know. If you find something that fits DSL's profile as a replacement, suggest it!


J.P.  - Have yuo given Siag Office a shot? It is a pretty cool light suite of office apps.

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Posted: Oct. 17 2004,02:31 QUOTE

Chris - I meant to put into DSL itself, Siag is a little big for a 50mb cd ;)

I have tried Siag, but only once. Ted does everything I need as far as office apps go.

Might try it again for the spreadsheet.

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