[wellylug] Forking Linux.

Enkidu enkidu at cliffp.com
Wed Nov 10 21:12:54 NZDT 2004


On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:28:19 +1300 (NZDT), you wrote:

>
>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Enkidu wrote:
>> The GUI-Linuxers wouldn't know what to do without their Windows
>> surrogate (OK - trolling just a tad, eh?) Many text-only Linuxers find
>> a depressingly increasing number of essential tools coming only in GUI
>> flavours.
>
>Please name one *essential* tool that *requires* a GUI. Personally I can't 
>think of any but that doesn't mean there aren't any.
>
>When you talk about "Forking Linux" do really mean creating different 
>distributions (operating systems) for different uses? This has been done 
>for years. If you are referring to forking the kernel, then that hardly 
>impacts TUI/GUI preferences.
>
>If there are *essential* applications that *require* a GUI then the right 
>answer is to create a console version of *that* application.
>
Well, essential is a bit strong I guess, but I was thinking of eximon.

Cheers,

Cliff




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