[ros-general] OK, Time for a few words..

[Kevin Lawton]

Thanks, nLite - another interesting one.
It seems as if I am going to have a busy day !
Kevin.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ros-general-bounces at reactos.org]On Behalf Of TwoTailedFox
> Sent: 20 October 2005 11:05
> To: ReactOS General List
> Subject: Re: [ros-general] OK, Time for a few words..
>
>
> Kevin, if you're looking to slim down Windows 2000 (Or XP/2003, for
> that matter), check out nLite: http://www.nliteos.com
>
> On 10/20/05, Kevin Lawton <kepla at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > I had not heard of this 'LitePC' thing before - it sounds
> almost too good to be true.
> > Thanks for the info - I will be giving it a try to trim my Win
> 2000 installations down to a more sensible size.
> > Been down the Linux road too but, when you consider the current
> bulkiness of the more 'useful' Linux distros and the difficulties
> of using it with modern toys like phones or cameras, I find I
> have to keep Windows hanging around - at least until ReactOS is
> 'all present and correct'. FreeBSD is an interesting option for
> Unix-like-ness on a PC, with Cygwin and Win4Lin having their place too.
> > Dunno about ros-insane, maybe it should be ros-inspired.
> > Plenty of new things to play with now.  :-)
> > Kevin.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ros-general-bounces at reactos.org
> > > [mailto:ros-general-bounces at reactos.org]On Behalf Of
> > > jwalsh at bigpond.net.au
> > > Sent: 20 October 2005 05:08
> > > To: ReactOS General List
> > > Cc: Robert Köpferl
> > > Subject: Re: [ros-general] OK, Time for a few words..
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If I may add my 2 cents worth.
> > > I too have a spot in my heart for Linux Gui's, both KDE and Gnome.
> > > However the overheads are too high. So I have 3 three Thinkspads
> > > on the net.
> > > and a comfortable swivel chair.
> > > IMHO Linux is toooo fat and slow and badly designed, before I get
> > > flamed it is only MHO.
> > > So I have tried to compromise (on Particulars, not on Principles).
> > > This was my strategy (for what it is worth):
> > > Please remember it is only MHO, and not set in concrete.
> > >  I chose the first Linux distro off the block i.e. Slackware
> > > because it stuck to basic principles. Yes as simple as that. The
> > > old 1440 KB floppy disk (about the size of my limited imagination).
> > > I chose a basic Windows32 platform i.e. 9x
> > > Then I worked on the tiny Linux's (Monkey Linux, and pocket Linux)
> > > Until I discovered Pat Villani's  :
> > >     Linux for Windows 9X
> > >        Home page: http://www.monmouth.com/user_pages/patv/
> > >        Download:
> > > ftp://opensourcedepot.com/pub/linux/WinLin9X/v0.2/setup.exe
> > >       Author: Pat Villani (http://www.monmouth.com/user_pages/patv)
> > >       Mailing list: lin4win at opensourcedepot.com
> > >  It was great, it sat neatly in 18 MB.
> > > Then I asked myself, "what the heck am I doing with nearly half a
> > > gig of Windows98se?"
> > > Not wanting to bring Microsoft down on my financially poor head:
> > > I downloaded Australian product called 98Lite from LitePC.com
> > > (trial version)
> > > I liked it so much I bought the real  thing.
> > >  It gave me the opportunity to unbolt everything which Microsoft
> > > told the courts was not possible to do.
> > >  There she was, stripped from nearly half a gig to 50mb, stark
> > > naked, but looking like Homer Simpson.
> > >  The speed increase was fantastic. Now I am going for 30 mb, then
> > > 16, then 8, then .......
> > > The full story would take too long to tell, so I will leave
> it at that.
> > > Suffice to say I have now dumped Linux and gone back to Unix
> BSD and bash.
> > > That is when met Minsys and it was a good feeling.
> > > I was Bourne again, bash'ed about the head, so to speak.
> > > Oh I forgot there is a need for one extra doorway off ros-general
> > >  especially for me.
> > > Mark it ros-insane.
> > >
> > > Cheers and rosuccess
> > >
> > > Justin
> > >
> > > ---- "Robert Köpferl" <rob at koepferl.de> wrote:
> > > > Hhmmm, what you tink of is what I call a GDI-Port+win32 of xfree.
> > > > etc
> > > > Richard Campbell wrote:
> > > > > XFree86 has already been ported to windows, whats the point
> > > in a ROS port?
> > > > > etc
> > > > > Robert Köpferl wrote:
> > > > > etc
> > > > >> It should be possible to port Xfree86 to ROS (be it win32 or
> > > posix) as
> > > > >> it has been proted to os2.
> > > > >>etc
> > > > >> TwoTailedFox wrote:
> > > > >> etc
> > > > >>> I've seen quite a few users propose ideas, such as a
> new GUI, or new
> > > > >>> functionality, only to be told it doesn't fit in with the
> > > Core Goal of
> > > > >>> ReactOS.
> > > > >>> etc
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