[Wolves] A2RT Linux!!!

s parkes wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk
Tue Apr 29 12:05:01 2003


>From: Jono Bacon <jonobacon@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk
>To: wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk
>Subject: Re: [Wolves] A2RT Linux!!!
>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 05:12:27 -0700 (PDT)
>
>--- Aquarius <aquarius-lists@kryogenix.org> wrote:
> > Rob Smith spoo'd forth:
> > > If anyone has any info on how to run a specific
> > windows manager given that
> > > several are installed and you dont want to run the
> > default 1?
> >
> > To customise window managers on a per-user basis,
> > put "exec <windowmgr>" in
> > ~user/.xsession.
> >
> > To change the default, then you need to use the
> > alternatives system;
> > /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager points to the
> > default, and you can use
> > update-alternatives(8) to change this.
>
>Great news rob!! This may be an amibitious idea, but
>is there a way this system could be put into some kind
>of version control system so all of us can develop
>from the same base. There must be a way around putting
>the binaries in the system - maybe just putting the
>changes in somehow.
>
I wanna get started on a sparc version of it.  Hopefully the debian sparc 
port and silo should replace the intel (spit) binaries and lilo without too 
many problems.  errrm  too is relative ;-)

>It would be good to collaboratively develop the
>distro.
>
sure would.

sparkes

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