Re: Announce: brief HowTo in german

[Michael R. <mic...@gm...>]

On Sunday 15 August 2004 13:08, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:
> > Moin,
>
> Hi Michael,

Moin,

thanks for your answer.

[...]

> > http://hyaden.dyndns.org/HOWTO/lmu
>
> 3 notes at first look
> (well one is not really related to the contents)
>
> 1.)
> i think the part about the nvidia driver
> is totally irrelevant, and maybe even a bit confusing
> do you really need to add a script for recompiling it ?

The HowTo is very specific to that what we did until now. With other words: At 
the moment it is not more than a 'what we did until now'. We will become more 
generic later. I try test more graphic cards. I also try to give my debian 
pages to Andreas Schuldei as soon as the low latancy patch is tested.

> 2.)
> i really think it's a lot better to use display manager
> (gdm to be presize)
> instead of adding additional users and using a
> bash script to start all the Xservers for each user

That depend. I agree to you if the PC should be a normal desktop for several 
users. But I want to use it at a conference like a kind of 'internet cafe'. 
The conference participants want to read news and mails, so an 'autostart' X 
is the best for them. Maybe we alter this to KDEs kiosk mode.
Anyhow: in later versions of the howto several methods will be described.

> 3.) (the not related question)
>
> why is no one giving me any feedback for the howto,
> and starts it's own one, IMHO it's confusing to have
> a lot of howto's on the same topic, with some small
> differencies

Well, this is an important question. Your HowTo was very helpful to me! But 
many people here don't speak english! They need a german text.
Maybe we should translate your document!
 
> the one thing i know, is that my howto is simply huge
> but i don't see how to make it smaller without
> leaving some functionality

That's the point! But it is all-embracing, and therefore useful for everybody.

CU
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