OT: "Best" Linux Distro?

woodelf bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Thu Dec 1 18:13:50 CST 2005


Chuck Guzis wrote:

>On 12/1/2005 at 7:16 PM spc at conman.org wrote:
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>> X Windows with only three programs:  xload, xclock and xterm. 8-... )
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>Increasingly, there are programs that require X for no particular good
>reason.  For example, why does RealPlayer 10 require it?   If you want to
>play an audio (not video) clip, why should you be required to load X?
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So you can watch  a stupid  dancing lights display screen  ... nobody 
wants just music.
Now if they wanted to usefull ... a nice transitor radio and a swimsuit 
girl would display walking
on the beach instead for 60's music. :D
The stupid thing is things like real player are not open source so you 
can't built it the way you want!



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