hello, first of all, i dont have time and intention to write an essay here. the non-user-friendliness which you people are talking about, is more or less an inherent attribute of posix systems, which ritchie has stipulated as "the design of unix is simple, but one needs some intelligence to appreciate its elegance". so the only way to appreciate _user-friendliness_ of gnu/* ( let me call it as gnu) is to work with it. and there is no easy way for it. and for shortcut finders, i havent heard of any illiterate been taught hindi with its script made simple. And if you throw away or hide the ways of pure old hacking, then its a denial of freedom, freedom to hack !. cheers, amal
--- Ankit Malik ankitmalik@gmail.com wrote:
oh hi
thanks for the clarifying all the hoopla around ur distro. indeed it is a good distro when taken in the context that it is by a teenager that too deprived by a cool net connection.
but i wud still advice you not to reinvent the wheel.
desktop linux has bcum way easier than even ur distro, so here is a job for you which I hope you would take up >> Instead of improving the distro you already have, get the latest version of Knoppix and then edit/morph/remaster that.
And yes beware that it might not be legal to carry flash plugins and stuff.... have u taken permission ???
that is it
best of luck
P.S. And yeah I am ready to help provided you change the distro name to Ankit's Linux !!! He He Just kidding. Rename it to something generic, that is not just related to just your name so that more ppl will help you. Or BETTER STILL JOIN THE INDLINUX TEAM. YOU WILL BE OF GR8 VALUE TO THEM !
BEST OF LUCK
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 04:29:15 -0800 (PST), Sarath Lakshman sarathlakshman@yahoo.com wrote:
Dear Friends,
I got so many appreciative and some opposive mails about My SLYNUX ( Remaster of knoppix). Among them, I got some mails from FSF people. They claimed that 'There is nothing new in SLYNUX when compared to knoppix' . Partially I also agree with
the
statement….But everyone should understand the
reason
and themes behind SLYNUX….It's target is not new markets..like MS.
I never claimed that I have made an OS.
Actually,
the thing behind SLYNUX is: I am very much interested in GNU/Linux. It was my first experience before 1 year I tried out Redhat
7
for the first time. I myself installed it…then I
was a
windows user. First of all – My attraction was captured on it's GUI. I felt it was nice. I didn't know any shell comments or other functions in Gnu/Linux that time. My only tool was mouse pointer…like windows I used it. At that time I
thought
that all windows program can b executed in Linux.
Also
thought that Fat32 FS will not work in GNU/Linux. After 2 days I tried to remove Redhat..because I disappointed abt that 'I can't use Linux for my
use'.
There was no mp3 support and no video player in
it. So
I left Linux OS. I removed the installed boot
loader
(GRUB) by over writing it with re-installing
windows.
This experience…resulted me in search of a user friendly Linux. At that time I didn't have an
internet
connection. So there were limitations for
collecting
knowledge about Linux.
One of the FSF friends reviewed about 'www.slcreations.g3z.com' (U will get this link
from
www.slynux.co.nr) that the content in that site is invalid and foolish. Actually that site was
created by
me when I was in 8th Standard…when I was a
newbie in
Computer field. (I was wanted to know how websites
are
created. So using some templates I created the
website
and wrote funny and foolish things in that site.
Some
sentences. like 'SL e- Periodic table came in to
the
market.) I have developed a software called E – Periodic Table…But it was freeware and never
came to
the market..At the time I created this html
page..I
didn't know what is FSF and didn't heard about it.
In my locality (Mahe; Near Tellicherry) No one
used
Linux and any one didn't know something about
Linux or
FS in my knowledge. Some of them heard about
'Linux'.
That's all. Some of the computer shops had Redhat. And they thought that there is only one Linux – Redhat. Before 11 months I got Knoppix 3.1 from a man
studying
in engg college (In Yanam). I became much
interested
in knoppix and tried out. I gave copies of knoppix
to
my friends. They used it for 5 or 6 days and said –"What Linux? Even we can't use it friendly..No
one
didn't understand the program names."
I gave awareness to my friends aboutLinux….They became bored about hearing my
philosophy.
After getting internet connection, I came to know
more
about Linux and Knoppix. I decided to make a user favourable Remaster of Knoppix with a lot of features. I tried to learn
shell
commands….. For creating SLYNUX, I had spent
most of
night ( about to 3.30 A.M) for months for getting
my
effort to a success….In some days of a little
bit
success…I had jumped with glad.
" Advanced users of Linux will not understand the problems faced by common windows users who tried
out
Linux and disappointed….Because they have a wide possibility of getting info abt Linux ( Through
LUGs,
FSF community etc). But common users are left non-techy..and they will not spend the time for experimentation in Linux to learn it. I know it
from
experience" (especially People in Mahe). I am sure that more and more people can switch to Linux easily using SLYNUX. ( I recommend SLYNUX
only
for beginners). Common People can also install
SLYNUX
easily through some clicks…
I have now lots of ideas to make SLYNUX more and
more
user friendly…I have some ideas to develop a
distro
from scratch independly from knoppix..(using a different compression method) as someone
commented
that SLYNUX cannot be considered as a distro)…
I have only a 14.4 kbps internet….(phone
bills..r not
affordable now a days)
I have some plans to create an LUG in Mahe. Hope
that
FSF will help me.. I request FSF friends to continue sending
opinions
about 'SYNUX' or give advices to make it better..
What
Changes I have to make in SLYNUX Website? (www.slynux.co.nr)
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I'm now studying 10th Standard (SCERT
syllabus)….After
my Exams I could spend more time on Linux.
---------------MY ULTIMATE AIM IS TO FAMILIARISE GNU/LINUX---------------------------
Regards:- SarathLakshman
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===== ~amal "its always darkest, before it goes pitch black"
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