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[Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like a really good opportunity to me to get ToriOS out there. 
The more users the better it will help with development if they are
happy to give feedback etc.


Paul

On 19/03/2019 13:34, Israel wrote:
> On 3/18/19 10:17 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Kindly read this email from a good friend of mine. Not sure if some
>> of you may know him already or not 🤔 
>>
>> Trying to convince him to join us 😉
>>
>> Thanks. 
>> Ali 
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: *Rex Bouwense* <majb@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:majb@xxxxxxxxxx>>
>> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019, 3:00 am
>> Subject: Light Distros
>> To: Ali Jawad <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:amjjawad@xxxxxxxxxx>>
>>
>>
>> My friend, it has been way too long since I have communicated with you. 
>> I do miss your posts and talking to you but that is a topic for another
>> time.  In August of 2015 I assisted in creating or should I say
>> resurrecting a Linux User Group in Cochise County, Arizona.  We
>> currently have 36 members and conduct monthly meetings and quarterly
>> Installation Festivals.  Because I had a strong background with Lubuntu,
>> we had used that distribution for our "go to" distro when an individual
>> would bring in an older or "under-powered" computer for us to install a
>> Linux OS on.  As you may be aware, the Lubuntu Team has decided to
>> modernize their distribution with the move away from LXDE and to LXQT. 
>> I have downloaded and used Lubuntu 18.10 and it simply will not work
>> because it requires much more RAM for the user to get a good
>> experience.  Since last October my group has been searching the "light"
>> Linux operating systems to find a replacement for our "go to" distro
>> because Lubuntu 18.04, the last version that used LXDE, will reach EOL
>> in April 2021.  We have found that many of the people that come to us
>> still have older machines and we do not want to abandon them.  Every
>> month one member has given a presentation on the OS that he has been
>> assigned to research, use, and critique.  I have subsequently remembered
>> that you and your team were developing a new light OS, ToriOS and that
>> 1.5 had been released.  Is it still actively being developed and are you
>> still the man to talk to?  What we are looking for is an OS that will
>> work with older under-powered machines and is relatively easy to learn
>> for a Linux novice.  I am wondering if ToriOS just might be that
>> distribution.
>> Rex Bouwense
>>
> Hey Ali,
>
> I think that would be great, however there is still a bit of work to
> be done before we could offer a really new up to date version.
>
> *If there is anyone there that wants to help out* (building/testing)
> that would be extremely nice.
>
> Most of the new binary apps are ready, but there are still a few
> things that need work done.
>
> I have been extremely busy IRL recently, but have managed to do some
> stuff little by little.
>
> I actually just made a really basic calendar program (I lifted the
> code from fltk-dialog / flek and made my own calendar widget... it has
> been modified of course)
>
> So I am well on track to get things transitioned, but still have work
> ahead of me.
>
> -- 
> Regards
>
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