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[Dallas Wiebelhaus <wiebelhaus@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes it would and it's very small , minuscule foot print but very very
powerful and modern.

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:48 PM, AdamBOT <adambot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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????
>>>
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