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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/13/2014 05:28 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Den 2014-09-14 00:21, Paul Sutton skrev:
>> Hi
>>
>> Had some feed back after asking for help on the Devon and Cornwall Linux
>> user group mailing list,  one of the things that has come out of this is
>> the fact it is hard to find out what we are about.
>>
>> Perhaps we could put some explanatory text on the website
>>
>>
>> ToriOS is a GNU / Linux distribution that is designed for lower
>> specification systems and also aimed as a replacement for the now end of
>> life Windows XP.  
>>
>> Torios main features are
>>
>> *Low memory and resource requirements
>> *Low disk space
>> *Low package overheads (you get to build your own system from a very
>> minimal install base)
>> *Built with Ubuntu as a base , so there is the full ubuntu repository
>> based for software (1000's of packages)
>> *Free and open source
>>
>>
>> or something along those lines on the front page so anyone going to
>> ToriOS knows exactly what we are doing, why and what the project is about.
>>
>> Just a thought,  this topic came up in the meeting on Saturday and it
>> was suggested I posted here with some ideas.
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Paul
>>
> Hi Paul,
>
> This is good.
>
> Maybe you can also add something about the Ubuntu versions that are used
> and are meant to be used, 12.04 LTS and 14.04 LTS, where 12.04 LTS can
> work better with really old hardware because of the hardware drivers.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
Hi all,
Yes, this is a good addition!
I think we should also indicate that we are working to replace XP
computers, so people know that this is the general type of hardware we
are targeting.  Indicating that we are basing it off of Ubuntu is a 
great idea, since it is the most well known GNU/Linux distro, and
instantly offers support for the 40k some odd packages in repos as well
as the various PPAs and stand-alone debs from places like dropbox,
google, skype, steam, spotify, etc.. etc.. etc..
chrome alone will make this very useful for people who want a
chromebook-esque distro with a very low overhead for the running
system.  Even on high-end hardware this could prove to be very exciting
for 'non-bloat' people.

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Regards