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[Mélodie <meets@xxxxxx>]

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  [f-jack]Could we do xfce?
  Brian Kanto
  As I understand it, the goal is to replace XP.. Though, I do not think the goal is a near duplicate, like zoran, it shoud have some points that make XP users feel comfortable.  Xfce can do this, but it is not that light. I have not used much stuff lighter than Lxde, but I belive open box can be made to look similar and be lighter on the resources. So, I guess, it comes to how light we want it. A few Xp computers, have only 128MB. That would be tough on XP. My friends over at Bodhi, chose enightenment. It is well done, but seemed a bit closed for me. I would love to hear from some openbox experts/
  
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  [israeldahl] if we use openbox, there NEEDS to be a GUI to configure the rc.xml file.
  I am thinking specifically of the keyboard.  gdialog/bash could work for this (like Puppy does for JWM)  It might be nice to do an all-in-one sort of configuration window, like the XP control panel.  Or course anyone who is really good at C++ could chime in!
  
- [tausif-0593] I would suggest enlightenment 17/18; e17 is a solid choice
- given that Bodhi linux has a non-pae iso with e17 specifically. I have
- not explored e18 but it definitely seems to be a build on e17 with alot
- of enhancements. But if we do end up with openbox, it would be quite an
- interesting trip given that it is very possible to have nice looking ui.
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+ [tausif-0593] I would suggest enlightenment 17/18; e17 is a solid choice given that Bodhi linux has a non-pae iso with e17 specifically. I have not explored e18 but it definitely seems to be a build on e17 with alot of enhancements. But if we do end up with openbox, it would be quite an interesting trip given that it is very possible to have nice looking ui.
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+ [Mélodie] Hi, it will be Openbox, at least as long as I dedicate myself to make the first ISO(s) which will be available for testing and modifying soon. 
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+ Ali: I would not want to bring systematic contradiction to you, however,
+ if you don't want any component from Lxde I'll be out, because there are
+ at least two of them which I have always used, if not a few more.
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+ They are only a few components which are standalone and don't need
+ depends. We are not going to invent again the wheel, as they say. Some
+ items are very handy and not heavy at all.
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+ The main tool I use in Openbox environments, is one which allows having
+ a very easy to use Openbox desktop. It relies precisely on a lib
+ provided by the Lxde project. ;)
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+ israeldahl: this is what obconf does. It modifies rc.xml. Other gui
+ tools are also available for shortcuts and for menu.xml. They are not
+ recent, however it seems they still work. And we would need some new
+ tools. I will provide a todo on the mailing list once the first ISO will
+ be made available.
+ 
+ One big advantage with Openbox apart from it's lightness and numerous
+ available tools provided for it by the community, is that it is quite
+ versatile and allows changing to other desktops of your like easily.

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