Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Audio-oriented Linux distribution
From: Paul Winkler (slinkp_AT_ulster.net)
Date: pe elo 06 1999 - 04:48:42 EDT
est_AT_hyperreal.org wrote:
>
> David Slomin discourseth:
> >
> > 4. ~/.Xsession - Pop up a notepad-type app displaying preliminary
> > instructions on how to use the default window manager / desktop
> > environment. It should also say how to launch the master help
> > browser. (These preliminary instructions are necessarily separate
> > from the help browser itself because it covers things the are
> > prerequisite to being able to use the help browser, like the
> > peculiarities of the widget set and window manager.)
>
> Actually, Redhat 6.0 (for example) defaults to booting into X and the
> Gnome help browser is right in front when it does. So, I think your
> aims here could be met by improving, if needed, the Gnome help browser
> with tooltips, different content, etc.
Cool! They're a step ahead of me, then. (I'm using RH 5.2 and have yet
to try out Gnome or KDE.)
I agree, improving existing tools is probably better than starting over.
Who has that kind of time anyway?
I think the /etc/issue and /etc/motd things are still important if the
new user is unlucky enough to not have X work right out of the box,
which is not all that unlikely. (Happened to me when I first got
started!)
--PW
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