I know that SparkyLinux, a Debian derivative, has a CDE desktop
http://sparkylinux.org/cde-common-desktop-environment/
but I haven't tried it, and I am unsure about its quality.
There are precompiled packages by David Cantrell for
RHEL/CentOS/Fedora/Scientific Linux at
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dcantrel/cde/
I have tried them on Scientific Linux 6 and 7, and they worked well. But
some configuration was needed
to open pdf files from the filemanager etc...
It may be possible to adapt David Cantrell's spec to other RPM based
Linux distributions (Mageia, PCLinuxOS, OpenSuse etc...) and compile
RPMs for them.
For Debian based, neither CDEbian nor SparkyLinux have released files to
generate .deb packages
as far as I know.
Le 09/01/2019 à 04:00, Henry Bonath a écrit :
There used to be a Distro someone made called "CDEbian" but a quick
Google search shows that it's no longer available.
I'm not aware of any OS that currently has CDE packaged and included,
but someone else on this list may be more informed than I.
I can definitely attest to the Raspberry Pi 3, as I have one sitting
on my desk right now with CDE on it.
It's been running this way for a couple of months, but if I recall,
the compile time was a bit long, but it's actually pretty snappy to use.
The guys on the team here have integrated several apps into the UI
which have built-in icons, etc.
I know a packaged install is "easier" however I will say that the
compile instructions on the Wiki page are pretty easy to follow, and
have worked for me pretty well on both Linux and OpenBSD, which I have
built many times on various systems.
Hope this helps!
-Henry
On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 4:53 PM Swift Griggs <swiftgri...@gmail.com
<mailto:swiftgri...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Does anyone know of any OS distro that's got CDE setup in a "curated"
package? I had someone ask/show-interest in using CDE for a student
computer lab. They were asking for a "timeless" interface, and I
showed
them CDE.
What I'm thinking of when I say curated is *ideally* (not
demanding just
wishing) something along the lines of:
* Already compiled
* Packaged
* No font mismatch issues
* Already setup for UTF-8 (if that's done already)
* File manager works
* Any background daemons or inetd stuff is integrated well
* Any menus or icons pre-loaded for other apps would be excellent
* Any kind of polish like new desktop patterns or backgrounds ++good
.... again just a wish list.
Ie.. something like Solaris used to ship with but these days I'd
think we
could do even better. I haven't looked at things like Illumos or some
other distros that have CDE packaged. I just wonder who's got the
best
integration and features for CDE currently and if anyone has gone
"the
extra mile" to make it extra slick or functional in their OS/distro.
Also, I remember there was some CDE environment I used which had a
keystroke editor. Ie... it allowed me to change the setup for
things like
virtual-desktop keystroke-switching without looking up or
memorizing some
config file format somewhere to do it. Do any of you remember what
that
might have been. I've used every OS known to $diety and man and I
can't
remember now which one had that.
I'm also curious if anyone uses CDE on an RPI3 and what that's like
performance-wise compared with the LXDE that comes with Raspian etc..
Thanks,
Swift
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