On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, George Bonser wrote: > I have a system here with Caldera Open Linux Standard and one thing that > they did was create a default fvwm popup menu when you click on the root > window. The first item in that window is "Help on Linux". Selecting that > gives the next layer popup that includes links to such things as the woven > docs (FAQ's, HOWTO's, etc in HTML) and launches a browser to read them. > > Since Debian could not launch Netscape by default, they COULD launch lynx > in an Xterm or possibly the new GUI linux browser when it is ready. The > point here is the default fvwm X configuration is VERY helpful allowing > you to select things like configuration tools and the like from popup > menus. Root has different menus than the users do. (actually root has > more ADDITIONS to the default systemwide selection). > > Seems to me the first step would be in deciding on a default standard X > window manager and then going on to the default menus from there.
The problem with that is that the two commonest newbie questions are: How do I get ppp working? and How do I get X working? Keep in mind that most newbies won't know if it's a Debian or a Linux or a GNU problem, so they'll probably ask here! Also keep in mind that a newbie could quite easily stuff with dselect on the first run, so they could easily have no ppp or X for a while, even if a default configuration is provided. I also find the idea of forcing the newbie into a particular X/Window Manager configuration somewhat disturbing. One of the many reasons I like Debian is that my PC looks like _my_ PC. So far I like the mc approach best. John Foster -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
