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[AdamBOT <adambot@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've been looking at the VLC build flags, and it looks like it is possible
to be compiled without the qt4 dependencies.  Wouldn't that make it a viable
solution as a media player?

I am looking more into it...

Adam

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Dallas Wiebelhaus <wiebelhaus@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Also we could learn a allot from the puppy project they have already banged
> out years of learning the hardway! And today they have the quintessential
> light weight desktop of out of the box that can run on anything after a 486.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Ed Hewitt <edwardahewitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I think we should go with Firefox. However, OpenOffice would solve the
>> problem of having no presentation software if we went with Abiword &
>> Gnumeric. We could use these tweaks to speed up OpenOffice. >>>
>> http://lifehacker.com/software/optimization/speed-up-openoffice-270775.php
>>
>> By going "small", we will achieve the objective of achieving a lightweight
>> distro. However, I still think a good out of the box experience, as long as
>> we keep it to a minimal. So by having a few basic utilities (such as
>> synaptic), need a few must have apps (such as web browser, office apps,
>> chat, media player). we can still achieve a user friend lightweight distro.
>> Its all about getting the right balance.
>>
>> Maybe another Lubuntu IRC Meeting could be useful to discuss my points. It
>> would be great to have an application list set in time for Karmic. Could be
>> Lubuntu's first release????
>>
>> --
>> www.edhewitt.co.uk
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