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Date:      Wed, 29 Apr 1998 09:45:37 -0400
From:      "Dan Benjamin" <dpb@yeti.hqs.crc.com>
To:        "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com>, <dwilde1@ibm.net>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Demo CDs (was: blessing)
Message-ID:  <001401bd7375$1741d480$6fd392c0@moses.hqs.crc.com>

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>board.  Include a functional fvwm95 window mangler so that what comes
>up looks pretty much like what Microsoft users are used to (can
>somebody come up with a daemon logo to fit where Microsoft puts its
>windows logo?).

These already exist - if you use the fvwm95 package and install the
fbsd_icon package - it's already got a taskbar mod to insert the daemon
where the 95 logo goes, and a "FreeBSD" graphic to go where "Windows 95"
goes (lenghtwise along the start menu).

>This thing needs more flesh.  Any ideas?  What problems do you see?
>About the biggest one I see so far is how to find the mouse.  It would
>be nice to modify startx to check for the mouse if no valid pointer
>section is found in the XF86Config file ("no mouse found: please move
>your mouse around until I say \"stop\"").  Anybody know how to
>recognize a mouse?


This is a good point - is it safe enough to assume that most people have com
1 free?  Even on systems where there is a ps2 style mouse, com 1 is usually
unused.  We could specify that they need to use a serial mouse on com1 to
get things started.  It's not too much to ask IMHO.

-Dan B.
dan@bsdweek.com



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