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[Mentalunix-developers] Re: MentalUnix, YoZilla, and other stuff [Yahoo! Clubs: mentalunix]
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From: CyDust <clu...@ya...> - 2000-12-07 21:31:26
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same here, so no prob. Yesterday was the last day of the fall quarter, so i have about 3 weeks to work on all this. My ideas were similar, but i dont like the idea of using GTK+ for much of anything. The reason for that is that GTK is Gnome TK and requires the gnome libs. There isnt necessarily anything wrong with that, but it would be better to be able to create system wide stuff. So, my plan is learning and using python. I've used a few apps created in python, and their great. It may be a little more work, but I'm all for it. I agree with X stuff, and kernel. I'm running 2.4 test 10 and its great, except my network card still aint working under linux. Filesystem stuff, sounds good, I have heard much about ext3 lately, thats why I listed it. And Reiserfs is likely to replace ext2 soon (or so I've heard) and as for tux2fs, havent heard of it, so Im not sure there. I just started working on the docs and stuff, so I'll consider your ideas, and try to find some common ground. Since I'm out of school for a while now, I think its time we actually set up a irc chat or something. But, we'll set that up later. I really want to try debian again, I know its great, but im stuck with my current favorite SuSE!! Initially, during the development of mpkg, we should use either rpm or deb for the overall installation of stuff. i havent had much experience with dpkg cause i havent used debian much, but, I think we need to start fresh, and create a entirely new system. I'm not going to take the time to explain it, here, I'll type up my thoughts and post my thoughts of how it should work. As for install stuff, I'm thinking we need at least some simply text install by 0.0.x. that way it can be tested. All the install has to do is beable to run fdisk, and install the kernel and some basic apps like dpkg (or rpm), gcc, bash, and other basic apps. the 0.0.x series wont be much, just a base with a lot of unstable software. by 0.5 yozilla should be partly done, and I'll post my ideas on that later as well, and I'll write up a general work plan and idea paper that we can work off of to get a roadmap in place. Yozilla will be semi functional by the 1.0 release (think lynx functionality) and by 2.0 by a fully fledged web browser. Mozilla isnt exactly fast under linux, so I plan on taking the gecko engine, and rewrite it (both statically linked and dynamically) to speed it up. New name will be decided later. Also, I strongly suggest you read the docs I post later, because the will explain, in much detail what I think, and how I want to develop this stuff. We are not going to base the distro off of another to create a reliable interface and system. It will make everything easier in the long run. deb and apt aren't bad ideas, and neither is using debian specific apps, but their are problems with that, and those will be explained in my docs. So expect to need a lot of time reading by friday or saturday night! --------------------------------------------- DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE BY EMAIL! --------------------------------------------- You have chosen to receive messages from "mentalunix" by email. Reply to this message: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/mentalunix/bbsfrp?action=r&tid=mentalunix&sid=1600006580&mid=338 Unsubscribe from the Club mailing list: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/mentalunix/config/change_mb_list Return to "mentalunix": http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/mentalunix ---------------------------------------------- Not a member? Remove yourself from this list: http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/unsubscribe_mb_list?.userID=munix_devr&.groupID=mentalunix&.groupType=&.code=IVyJGMuRxG |
