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[Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can you clarify "create a base system" please. Do you want an Installable
ISO or do you just want a package list that would make it up?

Thanks
-Andy




On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:26 AM, jon york <jr_jr5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi guys, why dont we move this to the forum where it can be easier to
> document and organize these conversations?
>
> also on that topic, in my opinion, we need to divide us into work partners,
> as right now, there is much discussion and no work being done. I think the
> first step, is quite simply that a select few people, who know LXDE and
> ubuntu the best, that they can create a base system that we can work with.
> this system should be very small, and include nothing but the neccesairy
> files to run lxde on ubuntu, as well as synaptic. that way, we can all have
> the same base system to work with, and test things out with.
>
> Jon York
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: wiebelhaus@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:41:09 -0500
> To: lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu could end up like Xubuntu (Heavy &
> Slow)
>
> Stabilized without hiccups at 128mb ram , that's without youtube lagging
> out , you can go lower no doubt.
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Dallas Wiebelhaus <wiebelhaus@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> By the way , Chrome fits in like it's native and is running hella fast on
> this DE on my test box. I'm about to crank the ram down and see how low I
> can get.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Andrew Woodhead <
> andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This is kinda surplus, the system is still ubuntu based so the standard
> repos can be used to install apps if they are needed.
> If the OS is going to be as it says below, you may as well install a
> minimal install then have a gui to select apps which can then be installed
> off the repos. This however isn't the case, we are trying to make a smalland
> efficient distro with a decent amount of functionality without bloating the
> system with the likes of evolution, openoffice and firefox. These are fully
> installable once the installation has completed but the initial base system
> should be slick and quick
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:14 AM, C David Rigby <c.david.rigby@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 18:40 +0100, Ed Hewitt and several others wrote:
>
> <discussion of "keep it light" or "feature complete" elided>
>
> Restating the obvious, but the engineering trade off is always between
> "ease of use/fully featured" on the one hand and lightweight on the
> other. The necessary criterion is to decide what we really want to
> build, and make it unique and useful enough to attract interest.
>
> I've proposed it before, but I'll say it again as more people are on the
> list now (sorry that I've missed the IRC meetings for the last two weeks
> where the app mix has been the topic of discussion). How about the
> possibility of a very slim base install with the installer offering
> "bundles" to meet individual needs and desires? Something like the
> FreeBSD or Debian text installers comes to mind.
>
> The base installation would be just a command-line, network-capable
> system plus enough of X to get LXDE operational. We would be pushing the
> real work to the installer. The installer, whether text-based or
> grahpical, would need to provide a lot of choices of bundles to
> install.
>
> More importantly, I think the installer should provide something I have
> yet to see. That something is extensive documentation of the choices of
> bundles of applications, and what they mean in terms of system
> performance vs features. It should be organized so that a savvy user
> could bypass the explanations (or load a jumpstart script), but a novice
> would get a detailed explanation of what the choices are and what they
> mean for the final installed system.
>
> My $0.02.
>
> Cheers
> C David Rigby
>
>
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