<div dir="ltr">Hi all, <br><br>first of all: INX it's a neat idea. kudos.<br><br>just about a couple of hours ago i stumbled upon INX (read about it on a blog). then i had a read and look at the website and joined #inx meanwhile i was downloading it.<br>
i confess that i can't wait for a stable enough version and installer to install it alongside debian on my laptop.<br><br>and now let's get straight to the point:<br><br>after a chat with thoreauputic i joined this ml to post what i think it would be good to have in INX. <br>
<br>firstly some software suggestions:<br><br>1 - include weechat in by default. thoreauputic already told me that you ain't gonna replace irssi (which it's a nice app) and that one could install weechat on his own. <br>
well while this is true, i recon that weechat might be the right choice if you want to keep one and one only application for each task because it has at least a couple of strong point: <br><br> a - it has a native user list <br>
b - it's easily exetensible with scripts. (downloadable from website and easily installable/removable)<br> c - it's easy to learn and manage and once you master it it simply kick asses. i use it as my only IRC client on every computer i own, even if it has X.<br>
d - it's easy to customize <br><br> these are a few of the thing why weechat rocks. i'm sure there are many others. <br><br>to end the weechat suggestion i quote myself:<br><br>[20:28:56] cga | thoreauputic: indeed you can install weechat, but i think that in a distro like INX, where every app that i've seen in the screenies, has a itch for complete interface, well weechat might be better to this<br>
[20:29:12] cga | thoreauputic: at least give the choice in a menu <br><br>2 - include a unique IM sw for msn jabber and stuff except than IRC, like a pidgin/kopete for cli. read about them here: <a href="http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/10/centerim-and-finch-ncurses-based-instant-messenger-for-linux.html">http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/10/centerim-and-finch-ncurses-based-instant-messenger-for-linux.html</a><br>
<br>3 - think about burning: genisoimage and wodim. stadard tools already in debian/ubuntu and many other distros. two great tools indeed. they go hand in hand. i suggest you put them both in.<br><br>4 - mutt or pine for emails and sutff and bla bla bla.<br>
<br>the list could go on, with rtorrent and amule-cli for example, but i better stop here for now. <br><br>i only want to point you out to a couple of interesting posts and a site about cli sw: <br><br>- <a href="http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/05/21/a-day-without-x/">http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/05/21/a-day-without-x/</a><br>
- <a href="http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/more-terminal-programs-you-should-be-using-like-a-pro/">http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/more-terminal-programs-you-should-be-using-like-a-pro/</a><br>- <a href="http://www.cli-apps.org/">http://www.cli-apps.org/</a><br>
<br>-----------<br><br>The other thing i want to suggest is to give a friendly cli enviroment with some bash, vim, inputrc, profile etc... customizations. beside these i suggest to include tools like AKIRA and pastebinit for they automate, respectively, since we are talking about debian/ubuntu, the retreive of repos' keys and a useful command to pastebin files. useful in chat for help. <br>
<br>-----------<br><br>The last things i want to suggest are:<br><br>1 - to get knoppix like colorized boot process (which it has been a long time desire for me which i never managed to realize due to lack of knowledge and informations)<br>
2 - use a framebuffer image and better fonts in ttys.<br><br>all of this is possible without having to distort INX UI.<br><br>the colorized boot of knoppix was the first thing i saw and that got me in. i fell in love with linux for this and never looked back ever since.<br>
<br>3 - include tutorials (on bash for example) where reasonably feasable <br><br>my 2,56$ ;)<br><br>happy hacking.<br><br>-- <br>Callea Gaetano Andrea<br><a href="mailto:CGA@jabber.linux.it">CGA@jabber.linux.it</a><br>
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