Re: Next Cooking or RC - Few questions

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 >Maybe something similar can be done for other things as
> well. Like I've always wanted to create a simple GTK IRC client that
> just works. Maybe I should create it for SliTaz to replace the terrible
> lostirc.

maybe yad frontends for
https://github.com/halhen/shic
http://alge.anart.no/linux/scripts/bairc-1.3.bash

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Brenton Edgar Scott
<trixarian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:30:03 -0700
> Indigo <pointofavailability@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Whatever the case, the KISS philosophy should be as much about
>> usability as it is development.  I'm one of the many users who wants a
>> small, lightweight distro that works OOTB and has the basic features
>> Slitaz already includes.
>
> I agree, SliTaz is probably as small as it can get without a major
> overhaul. Using uclibc might work, but it will require recompiling
> everything over into it to benefit from the smaller binaries it may
> produce.
>
> Using compiled programs will only help as much as being able to cut out
> the dialog programs like gtkdialog. It's not a really big space saver,
> but the speed will be a noticeable.
>
> Ultimately, we should keep going back to the KISS philosophy like you
> said. Just look at the route pankso took with the creation of TazWeb
> and Tazpanel. We needed simpler and lighter solutions for both, so he
> created them. Maybe something similar can be done for other things as
> well. Like I've always wanted to create a simple GTK IRC client that
> just works. Maybe I should create it for SliTaz to replace the terrible
> lostirc.
>
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Thanx and regd's.

Allan.
http://www.in2dwok.com

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