Re: [Opie] strategic direction

Opie (qtopia) was meant to NOT have to run on X.
Basically, I think X on pdas is overkill.
But thats my own opinion.

There are opie for X build files in cvs.
You are welcome to use those, and set up an X/Opie feed :)

ljp

On Tuesday 14 January 2003 11:40 am, Russell Nelson wrote:
> I think the strategic direction for Familiar, Familiar-GPE, and
> Familiar-Opie should be that everything should run over X, and that
> Familiar installs X by default. The base distribution should have a
> VERY minimal set of X files -- just enough so that a user can get
> their machine online without a serial console.
>
> Y'see, the problem with the serial console is that it forces Familiar
> to be a bastard stepchild of another computer. It isn't! It's a
> real computer. I think we should be able to get Familiar to the point
> where you can insert a CF card, install the bootloader, install
> Familiar, and get your handheld on the net, all without needing
> another computer.
>
> Alternatively, if we just *can't* get the Opie folks to sign onto
> Opie-over-X, is to have Opie uninstall the Standalone-X packages.

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