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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> Only programs I have used recently in X are Opera, XV, 
> and once in a  while Kermit if I want a scroll buffer.  
> None of these will fit in RAMdisk.  Nor will Abiword.

XV is around a megabyte.  If people wanted it a lot, I might 
be able to fit it in.  Otherwise, it would be an obvious add-on.

> What do you expect people to use X for on a RAMdisk?  

The primary purpose of X on BL3 is to enable old PCs to be 
Xterminals (i.e. use networking to run applications resident 
on more powerful PCs).  

> Links graphical?

Too big (although it would be fine as an add-on).  I believe the 
old (much smaller) links provides some extra features when run 
in X.

> Running CLI programs in windows?

Yes.  Having multiple CLI windows (with block copying between them) 
can be very useful.

> Will you offer the option of a larger RAM disk so that more 
> X programs will fit, 

I intend automatically providing some extra space for optional 
add-ons.  At this stage it probably won't be big enough to
run AbiWord or Netscape (but time will tell).

> and maybe a third floppy disk that is optional at boot time, 
> containing the X programs?

No floppies at this stage.  It's just the usual unzip to HD and 
boot.

> All of our desktop computers have at least 16M RAM.  

BL3 will boot on 4mb RAM.  That's definite.

> Do any current users want to run X on something with 8M RAM?

I do.  Using old PCs as Xterminals is extremely useful.

Cheers,
Steven