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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everybody,
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Best regards/NIo

Den 2014-09-11 13:52, Israel skrev:
> Hi Jack and Nio,
> 
> I agree about reinventing the wheel... it is not a good idea. The wheel,
> however needs improvement.
> The Ubuntu software center is great, however it is way to slow.  The
> Lubuntu Software Center is great also, but has some issues that will not
> likely be addressed (as Lubuntu is moving to Qt).
> But, wither way I am not prepared to do this any time soon.  Too many
> other issues I need to address.

Maybe supply Synaptic, and let people add whatever they like.

> Nio, in your OBI installs you use network-manager.  This must
> automatically work for wireless, right?  I have working wireless on my
> install now, and the shutdown-reboot work for me.  I am not sure if
> these are things I fixed afterward, or are only recent fixes.

Yes 'my' network-manager works automatically with wired and and wireless
connections (provided that the hardware is recognized and has a free
driver; otherwise a driver must be installed).

> I will have to make a tarball of the current system and see if
> everything works as intended.
> 
> So basically wireless and shutdown.

Great :-)

> And.... Midori is not very good.  I'd rather use Qupzilla, but it is not
> in 12.04.  And I already use 3 PPAs.  I do not want to overload the
> system on PPAs.
> I really wouldn't ever use Midori as a browser, because it has so many
> shortcomings, however I think it has improved a lot since the first time
> I used it.
> I'd rather include Firefox since it is a real full-fledged browser, or
> even seamonkey... but I think Midori is more along the ToriOS lines.

Don't install what you don't like. If you like Seamonkey (better than
Midori), use it. People can install whatever browser they like
afterwards anyway. And for 14.04, use Qupzilla.

> I'd suggest Dillo, but that is a chore to use in the modern web... :P
> 
> ToriOS 2 should use Qupzilla which is installable in 14.04 from the repos.
> 
> I too would like more people involved, but it is what it is.

@ everybody: Yes, please, ToriOS needs *you* :-)

> On 09/11/2014 03:14 AM, Jack T. wrote:
>> On Thu, September 11, 2014 3:24 am, Israel wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> just some quick questions.... Is there any major issues you have found with
>>> the installed system? I have an updated version that will go into the next
>>> tarball, but I need to know of any major issues effecting you guys before
>>> I can tar it up
>>> and release the next iteration for testing before we go to Beta. A LOT of
>>> issues were fixed in the live version.  There are still a few minor issues
>>> there.
>>>
>>> As a user, what do you expect from a minimal OS?
>>> What do you all want from this?
>>> What will make things easiest?
>>>
>>>
>>> Please send me all your ideas, and suggestions, and critiques.  Thank
>>> you!!
>>>
>>>
>>> A side note:
>>> Installing software via synaptic is fairly straight forward and easy...
>>> however one day we may need a better solution (read: easier for novice
>>> users... i.e pictures and a simple layout), as synaptic can be very hard
>>> for a new user to navigate (as I recall).  This is a long way off of
>>> course.  Jörn may be working on a QML software installer for LXQt... but
>>> I think something lighter and faster is in order.  This is a long
>>> way off progect for me, as I still have a way to go on the settings
>>> manager, before it will be beta, and I haven't had as much time for it as
>>> I'd like being wrapped up in other things, as well as building the
>>> OS.  Any daring people are welcome to apply :)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Hi Israel,
>>
>> Nio mentioned shutdown and restart not working and I found that also.
>>
>> Again, network connecting must work out of the box...
>>
>> The version of Midori browser has the long-standing problem (which was
>> fixed a while ago in webkit I think) of looping on the login page of
>> outlook.com...
>>
>> Great work so far; I only wish there were more people willing to help
>> suggest answers to your many requests for input.
>>
>> As Nio said, "I'm ready to test..." and that goes for me too...
>>
>> It's a tricky balance between keeping it bare bones for minimal and usable
>> enough for its intended audience...
>>
>> JackT.
>>
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