On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 1:50 AM, Israel <israeld...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/22/2018 03:40 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > > Dear all, > > I've been thinking for sometime now .. the deep and core idea of ToriOS > project is to offer the minimal working system with GUI for users with very > old machines. Your definition of "old machines" may vary and be different > though but that should not disagree with the fact that ToriOS is actually > designed mainly for old computers and it can also be installed on a new > machine. > > Giving the fact that ToriOS has the minimal set of software/packages, it > made me think about: > > Why not we offer A NEW SPIN/VERSION for the web? > > Allow me to elaborate. > Many basic or light users are only using their machines for browsing the > web, sending emails, Google Drive maybe, YouTube, Facebook, etc. That said, > how about we give them ToriOS with a NEW flavour? a flavour that's designed > ONLY for websites? > > What could help is: we don't have to include ANY extra package. Only the > MAIN and the most important packages that will make ToriOS works + one main > browser (*we can vote for that or ask the community to vote to choose > their favourite browser*) + a list of browsers the users can choose from > to install right after they install ToriOS successfully on their machines. > Nothing else, nothing more. > > An OS designed for old machines to make them a web-browsing-machines. > That's all. > > As you know, the problem nowadays is: > Websites are more resource hungry. They need more machine power to work. > If we can reduce the effort that a machine can put on its OS, we'll save > some extra power/resource for the website. Yes, let's be super honest here > .. I am NOT talking about a machine with 256MB of RAM as these machines > can't even handle Google homepage. I'm talking about a bit more powerful > machines. A machine that can handle popular websites. > > Maybe ToriOS.web won't be purely for old machines. It will be only for a > machine that will be used as a web browser, period. Nothing more and > nothing else. > > If someone needs to use ToriOS for multi purposes, then he/she can simply > use ToriOS, the original and the main flavour. > > If someone needs only a web browsing machine, ToriOS.web will be the best > option. He/She doesn't have to worry about ant-virus and crap like that. > They're already using the most powerful anti-virus in the world, that's the > Linux kernel. > > I'm going to share this on our media channels. Let's see what our users > think about this. > > Meanwhile, I'll be waiting for your feedback. > > It would be great if we can find someone who is interested in this idea, > jump in and help to make it happen. That would be amazing :D > > Thank you and keep up the great spirit! > > > -- > Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us." > > Best Regards, > Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> > > > Hi Ali, > Hi Israel, Nio and everyone else, > So, I think you do mean a kiosk (like Nio asked). > No. I'll explain ... > This is a good idea, and would be pretty easy. > If truth to be told, I'm trying to attract 'more' users and make ToriOS more popular and widely used. > The one issue I see, is that the user could not download files and use > them outside of their own computer without technical expertise. They could > not mount their phone and transfer files either. > > Without a panel up top (or on bottom), it would be hard to perform > something basic like the network connection management, unless they are > using a wired connection. > > Then there would also be no window management, if it was 'just a web > browser' so you could not open a new window for web pages. > No. ToriOS.web = ToriOS (the one that we all know) - ALL the other software and packages EXCEPT the essential ones (File Manager, Window Manager, etc) + Web Browser(s). No office software for example. A fully working OS with GUI that is purely designed for web browsing AND other tasks/uses IF and ONLY IF the user desires that. Example: ToriOS.web will be shipped with the main packages that makes ToriOS a ToriOS system (the base packages, like File Manager) + a web browser or more than just one browser. The very same concept of ToriOS. Same ToriOS philosophy: give our user the choice to build their own system the way they want from a fully working base OS with GUI. The main difference is: ToriOS.web will be shipped with one extra package/software, that's a web browser + a list of other browsers that users can choose to install if they want. I'm not sure if this is clear enough? > I do like the idea, and we could ship a smaller version of ToriOS which is > not customizable via the GUI, has no extra Apps, and has only 2 buttons, no > extra desktops and would automatically start the web browser in fullscreen > mode/or whatever. > It should look and feel exactly the same as the current ToriOS (the one we all know) but with less packages/software AND designed for web browsing as the main task. > I think this is an idea that would take a lot of consideration > This flavour (ToriOS.web) will be a great choice for those who focus on the web. I know so many users who do nothing except web browsing, facebook, youtube, etc. Why give them extra packages or software that won't be used anyway? > -- > Regards > > If my answer is not yet clear, please let me know and I'll be more than happy to explain further! Thank you! -- Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us." Best Regards, Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
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