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Date:      Tue, 13 May 1997 23:44:01 -0700
From:      "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se>, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.2 Splashkit
Message-ID:  <33795F31.6B64@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
References:  <3378F899.70DA@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>  <199705131918.MAA10641@phaeton.artisoft.com> <E0wRS8K-0006Kb-00@rover.village.org>

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Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> In message <3378F899.70DA@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> "Pedro F. Giffuni" writes:
> : Ugh !! Are you suggesting we should include xdm on the installation
> : floppy?
> 
Ooops! I forgot an smiley here. I know we want something like OS2's
installation but with an added screensaver. The only thing I really hope
is that no one decides to add color-ls as the default.


> No.  However, an X server on a CDROM and some way for it to run in low
> res mode would be way cool.  Many moderm machines can boot directly
> off a cdrom.
>
This idea seriously is not bad at all, we can keep it for the next
century.
 
> None of this is to say that this is *REQUIRED*, just that if you have
> this available, it would be used.  However, it is a lot of work...
> 
> Warner

Pedro.



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