RE: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] RE: [why schools don't adopt OSS]]]

["Jason Mellen" <jmellen@cfl.rr.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On Behalf
> Of William Kendrick
> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 5:11 PM
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] RE: [why schools don't adopt
> OSS]]]
>
> Ximian requires Gnome, correct?  Gnome might not be suitable for some
> schools, as I'm guessing they may have some very outdated
> hardware (Pent-66's
> for example?)
From what I gather on the Ximian site, you can install Red Carpet without
Gnome. I'm sure it requires GTK but most setup will have that anyway these
days.


> We also should try to be as desktop/windowmanager independent
> (as well as distribution indepdendent, honestly) as possible...
I agree for the most part. We should be independent of any specific setup
but in time we should be able to embrace the popular desktops/wm/distros.
The purpose of desktops is for ease of use and that is also one of our
goals. IMSIO (In my somewhat informed opinion)

jmellen