From: banders@ec.rockwell.com (Bartlee A. Anderson) Subject: Re: CD-based distribution (was Another website....) 11 Aug 1998 19:37:37 -0700 Message-ID: <35D07CE6.2C4F.cygnus.gnu-win32@ec.rockwell.com> References: <01J0H2GL1PZE0004Y9@scottish-newcastle.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Robert.Cross@scottish-newcastle.co.uk Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com I'd like to see similar, with separable packages - separably installable. I don't want emacs or Xemacs. I don't care if RPM is used, but something like it might be nice. I like the slackware distributions myself. YMMV. Robert.Cross@scottish-newcastle.co.uk wrote: > > Here's what I'd like to see in a GNU-WIN32 CD distribution. I'll call it 'Blue > Socks' to distinguish > it from 'Red Hat' Linux .... > > Basic system using InstallShield or similar installer. Able to cleanly > uninstall whole system. > Full Unix paths, (/usr, /home, /etc) > Manual pages plus support programs (man, grotty, etc). > EGCS (C/C++, plus make only - no Fortran, Pascal, etc) > X-programs, such as xterm, xtetris, etc. > > At the risk of being real unpopular, I'd prefer the current two distributions, > i.e. a user and > a programmer distribution. The programmer distribution would include all in the > user > distribution plus: > Perl, > Tcl/Tk, > Emacs or Xemacs (the latter preferred as Emacs on NT is pretty darn good > anyway). > Other programming languages (esp Fortran, Pascal) > Graphics libraries, (where licensing allows), JPEG, GIF(?), TIFF, PNG. > > What do other people think about this? > > Bob Cross. -- Bartlee A. Anderson System Test (Interfaces-Tools-Automation-ISDN) Rockwell International Electronic Commerce Division 300 Bauman Ct. banders@ecd.rockwell.com MS 933-605 Opinions my own, not Rockwell's VOICE (630) 227-8975 Wood Dale, IL 60191 FAX (630) 227-9771 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".