X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,996cc14451a65957 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-03 00:41:33 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Harry Mason Subject: Re: Hamsterix References: Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) NNTP-Posting-Host: tarrant.ecs.soton.ac.uk Date: 3 Apr 2003 09:39:08 GMT X-Trace: 3 Apr 2003 09:39:08 GMT, tarrant.ecs.soton.ac.uk Lines: 38 Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!213.253.16.105.MISMATCH!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!news.clara.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!news-spool.soton.ac.uk!news.ecs.soton.ac.uk!tarrant.ecs.soton.ac.uk Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:22622 Richard James wrote: > No it's not an ascii screenshot, this is a design diddle for my new Linux > distribution Hamsterix due out in 2067. > > +---------------------------------------------------+ > | Installing App Foo | > | Version 5.00 | > | Source http://blah.blah.blah/~foo/foo-5.00.tar.gz | > | +-------------------------------+ | > | Download |============100%===============| | > | +-------------------------------+ | > | Configure Options | > | | > |+----------+-+ +------------+-+ | > ||march-i386|V| | prefix /opt|V| | > |+----------+-+ +------------+-+ | > +---------------------------------------------------+ > | | > | Configure... Success | > | Build... Not Started | > | Install... Not Started | > +---------------------------------------------------+ > |checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu | > |checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu | > |checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu | > |checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/g| > | | > | | > | | > +---------+-----+-------+---------------------------+ > |Configure|Build|Install| | > +---------+-----+-------+---------------------------+ A few months back some of us drew screenshots for a hypothetical "ASCII-OS": http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=slrnasvs0v.438.spam%40prodigy.ecs.soton.ac.uk -- Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)