[SLL] Look ma, we're in the papers!

[Larry M. Bateman]

> "Larry Bateman" <lmb at l3sys.com> wrote:
> 
> > Firefox browser especially limiting, with no bookmarks or toolbars.
> 
> I'm not sure a toolbar is really necessary for the style of browsing
> that is expected.  And I think bookmarks are handled in a different way.

Bookmarks are handled in a way that makes them extremely difficult
to utilize. I would say impossible.

> > Also the system would seem to be difficult to configure,=20
> 
> That's the point, it shouldn't need configuring.  Other than your wifi
> connection (which is mostly automatic) and maybe your language (which
> is installed when shipped to the country), everything is supposed to
> Just Work.  If something needs 'configuration' then it's a flaw and
> needs to be fixed.

That's not my point, exactly. There are ways to configure aspects
of the system, but it's difficult to do this. If it doesn't "need"
something it shouldn't be there at all.  I think the need is there, and
it's so far been inadequately addressed. I think the "shouldn't need
configuring" argument is bogus.

> > and there's
> > no clear way to update it yet.
> 
> Oddly enough I think the OLPC folks are still trying to figure out an
> update model.  I was involved in discussions from the Red Hat side on
> designing an update model, one that would work with some of Red Hat's
> other image based products as well, but talks broke down with OLPC devs
> that had other ideas, some involving vserver.  However they've dropped
> vserver now (after everybody told them it was a horrible idea) and I
> don't know where that leaves their update plans.  In the mean time,
> there is yum on the system although it points directly at the Fedora
> build system which is not really the best of things.
> 
> --=20
> Jesse Keating RHCE      (jkeating.livejournal.com)
> Fedora Project          (fedoraproject.org/wiki/JesseKeating)
> GPG Public Key          (geek.j2solutions.net/jkeating.j2solutions.pub)

I guess what you say reinforces my point. The hardware was a lot more
ready than the software.


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