From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 06:29:13 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: Paul Brannan cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: What's all the hype about OpenDOS In-Reply-To: <32EC2DC7.171C@musc.edu> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Paul Brannan wrote: > > Anyways, FreeWin95 seems cool! > > I see it as 2 partitions: one with LINUX and the other with freewin95. > > Yeah, FreeWin95 seems cool, but what we need is a cool OS that actually > works. We need it to take up less memory. And we need it to make full > use of the computer's processing power. Linux works well at this, but > let's face it: Linux is a joke when it comes to the end user. Who wants > to fool around editing /etc/* files when they can just use the Control > Panel? Now, perhaps this idea seems a little funny, but how about > taking Viewmax and making it the base for an OpenDOS GUI? We can even > port apps to it, useful apps. I think the only useful app that runs > under Viewmax is Ventura draw, or something like that. I see some > potential here! I think it would be much easier for someone to start a "Lets make Linux easier for the end user to use" project. This would probably mean a NEW special distribution with X, a few window managers, an X control panel (BETTER than the dotfile generator), a text based console control panel, common configurations for setting up the MODEM, NULL modem, sound card, email, a dynamic PPP link (an EASY setup like in Windblows), and other things like a default sendmail.cf file that is set up for the most common end user configuration (perhaps also with a control panel entry), I can think of MANY other programs that would be cool to have also. Anyone have any ideas on this? I think it would be much better than persuing a NEW GUI in DOS. Also, if such a project is begun for Linux, I feel that ALL programs that are part of the project MUST be written in C period with the possible exception of some small bash scripts. I say this because I think that TCL/TK programs and other shell languages are SLOW!!!!! for this kind of thing. Opinions/comments? And NO I'm not volunteering to be project co-ordinator OR a programmer for the project. I don't have enough experience in C under UNIX to be a candidate for such a project. Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca URL of the day: http://www.digital.com