Grim
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Joined: Mar. 2004 |
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Posted: Oct. 13 2004,23:24 |
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>> A) Use Icons or atleast less cryptic names.
>>B) Add function to edit desktop and menu
>> C) Add function to display hardware
>> D) Add function to show network information
>> E) Etc. Etc. A major part is just to add the "links" in the control >>pannel to access the application. Ie. Xsetup
>>Maybe I could draw something out?
A) This is a matter of opinion. I don't think the names are cryptic and icons would be a waste of space.
B) Vi, nano (insert favorite editor here) and bsetbg should have you covered
C) lspci -vv
D) ifconfig
It sounds as if you're looking for a duplicate of the Windows Control Panel and that just isn't gonna happen anytime soon (or quite possibly ever).
>>2) I think package managment is important, maybe add it in the future?
Search through the forums for apt, synaptic, dpkg-restore. There's already package management (and the DSL packaging scheme). The only area I could see room for improvement is if the default compiled applications used checkinstall so that somebody could go and remove aplications they didn't want that came with a vanilla install, but even that isn't a big deal.
>>3) Agreed... the printer setup program is very interactive but
>>doesn't work the best (ref. my post in the printer forum)
If you're installing to hard drive, you'll only need to set up your printer once (unless a hardware catastrope occurs) just download and compile CUPS. It's a little easier to use and there's TONS of existing documentation for it.
>>5) It was just an "idea". I see you guys have your hearts set on less
>>then 50mb, and expansion is very easy once your on the net 
That's why it's called Damn Small Linux. There's plenty of distro's out there that cram a ton of bloatware onto a CD, how many can say that they provide the same amount of functionality provided from DSL at a scant 50MB?
>>7) If I just use the Internet Connection Sharing in WinXP Pro, will it
>>work? If you don't have an answer, I'll try it out as soon as I buy a
>>new network card and report my findings back here
Why don't you try to set up a proxy server?
>>9) I feel putty is an excellent client that included telnet, ssh, raw,
>>and rlogin and it is very very small. I will try my hand at making a
>>MyDSL file for putty and report my findings back You also make a
>>very very very valid point, ke4nt1.
Putty sucks. The only reason putty exists is because of Windows lack of a real terminal program (which Redmond's supposedly fixed in Longhorn). Telnet and rlogin are security hazards and are, therefore, worthless. And I've yet to find a use for raw. Learn to use the terminal for Secure Shell. It's better, in any number of ways, than putty.
>>10) Thank You
No problem.
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