Why is Terminal 'extra' ?

Samuel Klein sj at laptop.org
Thu Mar 6 19:10:05 EST 2008


On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:22 PM, John Gilmore <gnu at toad.com> wrote:
>  Why would we burn up Flash space for activities that are not accessible
>  to the user?*  And if the user installs them, then they burn up twice as
>  much flash space?

Taking up twice as much flash space is painful.  Having a simple
toggle that shifts them from being invisible to being visible would
make more sense.

SJ

>  If there's a problem with the toolbar being too long, fix it!  Oh,
>  that's already scheduled.  Then what's the problem?  Can't upgrade or
>  remove activites?  Just ship all the activities in /home/olpc rather
>  than in /usr, then they'll all be upgradeable and removable.



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