Re: [dev] [sta.li] Minimalist Live Distro

2010-11-10 Thread Connor Lane Smith
Hey, On 10 November 2010 08:19, Szabolcs Nagy wrote: > eg a js interpreter on its own is not very useful > as most js code is about interacting with a browser: > handling browser events, manipulating site related > states, drawing stuff on screen, issuing browser commands There are a lot of appl

Re: [dev] [sta.li] Minimalist Live Distro

2010-11-10 Thread Bjartur Thorlacius
On 11/10/10, Szabolcs Nagy wrote: > * Bjartur Thorlacius [2010-11-10 00:03:05 +]: >> WebApp VM is a DHTML virtual machine, or a JavaScript VM that >> implements DOM, CSS, HTML, XML and related W3C and WHATWG >> technologies. > > your webapp wm is a full blown web browser > i don't think there

Re: [dev] [sta.li] Minimalist Live Distro

2010-11-10 Thread Szabolcs Nagy
* Bjartur Thorlacius [2010-11-10 00:03:05 +]: > WebApp VM is a DHTML virtual machine, or a JavaScript VM that > implements DOM, CSS, HTML, XML and related W3C and WHATWG > technologies. your webapp wm is a full blown web browser i don't think there is a way around that eg a js interpreter on

Re: [dev] [sta.li] Minimalist Live Distro

2010-11-09 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote: > Then WTF is Samba for? CIFS servers? Yes. Also it ships with a bunch of shit related to joining Active Directory domains. > Kdrive seems nice. It probably won't support the USB mice that are > connected to the computers I'll use this o

Re: [dev] [sta.li] Minimalist Live Distro

2010-11-09 Thread Bjartur Thorlacius
On 11/9/10, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Bjartur Thorlacius > wrote: >> Please inform me if there's a simpler way to access Windows shares. > > Sure. You don't need samba to access windows shares. You just need > CIFS support built into your kernel. > Then WTF is Samba

Re: [dev] [sta.li] Minimalist Live Distro

2010-11-09 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote: > Please inform me if there's a simpler way to access Windows shares. Sure. You don't need samba to access windows shares. You just need CIFS support built into your kernel. >> "fully functional web browser sans x" > Thus I wondered if

Re: [dev] [sta.li] Minimalist Live Distro

2010-11-09 Thread Bjartur Thorlacius
On 11/9/10, Kurt H Maier wrote: > was this message just a fantastic troll post or what? Nope. > "minimalistic distro with samba" Necessary evil. Minimalist as in minimally configured kernel, init system, no KDE, no GNOME, a full-screen WM, etc. But It'll have to cope in a Windows network. Please i

Re: [dev] [sta.li] Minimalist Live Distro

2010-11-09 Thread Kurt H Maier
was this message just a fantastic troll post or what? "minimalistic distro with samba" "fully functional web browser sans x" and a javascript interpreter separate from a web browser! hilarious -- # Kurt H Maier