[openbeos] Re: Distropia
- From: Jorge Salamero <526715@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:43:12 +0100
on Tuesday 08 February 2005 13:21, lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > One of BeOS's advantages was that the system was usuable from the
> > start, and only one tick was required in the installer to get it to a
> > development ready state. No other package selection issues, etc
>
> Agreed. Choice isn't always a good thing.
yes, but the machine can't guess what you want so or you choose or you can't
complain about installed software.
>
> [X] Haiku R1
> [ ] Development
>
> As for the rest, it's at BeBits. I think Firefox should be installed as
> default along with ssh. Or, do you know of anything else we would like
> included? Look at Windows. You don't get download.com bundled on the
> CDs, you get to download it yourself.
if he system includes telnet is silly not including openssh.
>
> BeOS is about sane defaults and preferences where it makes sense, we
> should take care of that heritage!
true
>
> But all in all, why have a zillion applications installed? Who is going to
> take responsibility for their quality? It will be up to Haiku making sure
> they're as good as the rest of the operating system. Adding applications
> just for the fun of it is _not_ the way to go. A package system, however,
> is badly needed. Perhaps it would be something for BeClan.org to take up?
what's the status of this project ?
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Jorge Salamero Sanz aka "bencer"
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