Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 23:05:45 +0200 From: Christophe Juniet <cjuniet@entreview.com> To: Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com> Cc: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC on a Desktop Applications chapter for the handbook Message-ID: <20020828210545.GA12430@daemon.entreview.com> In-Reply-To: <200208282022.NAA15383@eskimo.com> References: <20020828185720.GC8848@hades.hell.gr> <200208282022.NAA15383@eskimo.com>
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On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 01:22:59PM -0700, Ross Lippert wrote: > > Just a couple cents. > > There are english problems, but let's deal with that after some discussion of > content. That's certainly the point where I most need help since it's not my native language. Don't hesitate to correct my english or at least tell me where it's bad! > For the > % make install-user > command required by openoffice (which I am glad you told me about) needs to be > made in the ports directory right? If so, then you should have a > % cd ....... > too. Done, thanks. > The link to the abacus website and that bit about the palm pilot seems like > a gratuitous plug. Are gratuitous plugs ok? I understand, I'll remove this para. I was thinking about adding a section about gnumeric instead. > I like that you did not leave out the lightweights browsers like w3m > and so on. Comments on whether or not a package will demand > substantial resources to build from ports versus pkg_add are nice too. > > In fact, I wonder if you might not turn that into an organizing > principle. What about adding a para to the introduction of each section ? Something like a list with "big applications" and "lightweight applications" ? > AbiWord is a pretty lightweight app for what it does, while KWord is > light or heavy depending on if you have KDE already or not, and > openoffice is, right now, a horrendous beast that only the foolhearty > would build from ports. > > You also did this for the pdf viewing with xpdf and Acrobat, though I > am curious as to why not gv (I just don't know anything about xpdf). I thought someone would make this one for me but he must be too busy. I'll add it myself asap. > The pkg_add, cd, make install lines are all pretty boring to read. > I mean, yeah there are subtleties, here and there, but I wonder this > sort of info is not better captured by a table > > with cols like > --|package name|---|ports directory|---|post-install notes|---|major deps|---|size|--- > > (OK, I slipped in major dependencies and size here to perhaps give > someone a clue as to how light or heavy the package is, or maybe > "heavy(light with KDE)"). I know the repetitions can be boring but I personnaly like to read a very little section of the handbook to get the info I need and close my browser right away. I could put this table in a "Conclusion" section, what do you think? > Finally, there is the question as to whether you should make > reference at all to ports/misc/instant-workstation. You might tell > someone that once they decide what they like, they might consider > making an instant-workstation meta-port out of it (or at least the > light parts) using instant-workstation as a template. I was thinking about a conclusion telling that FreeBSD is somewhat ready for the Desktop. Ending with the misc/instant-workstation meta-port would be very nice since the very next chapter is System Admin :-). > OK, this was longer than I expected. I'll get my english lesson another day then. ;-). Anyway, thanks for your feedback! -- chris P.S.: I updated the web site too. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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