Guest Adriano Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 (I'm not really sure if this belongs in here or in the "Everything Linux" forum) I use the Blackbox wm for my everyday X needs. The thing is, Blackbox without its "brother" bbkeys (its keygrabber) is worth almost nil. I can download it, of course, but it'd be nice to get it again on the installation CDs (It was there on drake 8.2, then vanished in 9.1). The problem: I don't have the money to spend on a club subscription. I'm asking any club members with time and rpm suggestions to spare a bit of help :) TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Here you are !! get it free, free,free. :lol: Its on the Contrib CD. or: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distribution...6-2mdk.i586.rpm Here's another site in Brazil, a bit nearer to you: ftp://mirror.fis.unb.br/pub/linux/Mandrak...6-2mdk.i586.rpm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adriano Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 I didn't explain myself well. What I meant to say wasn't that it's difficult to get it (I installed it 2 or 3 days after the mandrake install), but that it should be in one of the 3 "download edition" CDs if they carry blackbox, because blackbox depends a lot on it. I'd ask for bbconf too, but that's pushing a little too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 yes, but bb doesn't 'depend' on it....it's an 'extra' that you can get on your own. it should be in one of the 3 "download edition" CDs if they carry blackboxThe only way to voice your opinion on that is to join the club and vote :wink: :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adriano Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Well... Blackbox itself could be considered an extra too, couldn't it? nyway: 10 EXPLAIN PROBLEM 20 BE MISUNDERSTOOD 30 EXPLAIN BETTER 40 GOTO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Well... Blackbox itself could be considered an extra too, couldn't it?Yep. Maybe it has something to do with bbconf and bbkeys not being devel by the bb devel? (at least I don't think they are). So hey, where's fluxbox? (I know its some opensource GNU hangup). Why is bb on the cd's at all, is my question? Choice? Yep. Ice has apps that aren't on the cd's. E has apps that aren't on the cd's. Why aren't they? Clutter? Overboard? Well, we sure don't need 5 or 6 email clients do we? So it can't be clutter. I think for the most part ML wanted you to know there's choices, which is great! There's only so much time to devel/test pkgs and a release. I think they do the best they can with how they've decided to include so many apps. They could do like RH and not give you choices and spend more time on releasing a stable release with just 2 cd's :shock: ...oooops, did I say that? :wink: I could go for that....oooo....how about ML double their devel and increase the release cycle to 9mths, release 5 cd's, and raise the price 20 bucks, now that'd be coooOOool, huh? ML is all about OpenSource/GNU, they're about choice, so I crack up when people complain (not that you're complaining, just asking) about an app missing. When it comes to apps out of the box, ML is about as good as it gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adriano Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 Well, I think I needed that little gulp of perspective. I hadn't thought about this that much. Enlightening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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