Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 23:29:22 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: sue@welearn.com.au (Sue Blake) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hacking Furiously for the Desktop Contest Message-ID: <199807220529.XAA00821@obie.softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <19980722022154.29029@welearn.com.au> from Sue Blake at "Jul 22, 98 02:21:54 am"
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Sue stands accused of retorting:
> I'd like to see a good KDE desktop win... err, I mean come second (that
> disk is mine! all mine!).
>
> But I am troubled by the need to rebuild the kernel before KDE will
> work, and wonder how that can be handled in order to have what the FAQ
> describes as an
> "out-of-the-box desktop configuration more helpful to new users"
> "a comprehensive default user profile for root"
> "giving him/her the options he/she needs to manage their system"
> To me this implies a quick and easy setup that allows administration
> tasks to be performed in a comfortable GUI right from the beginning.
> You know, things like rebuilding the kernel with the FAQ and Handbook
> in full view.
What we're really looking for here is a default user interface to
install for rookies in the future. If KDE requires some option(s)
in the kernel and they're not dangerous to other parts of the system,
we can just add those to the default kernel configuration.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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