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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:41:09 -0500 > To: [email protected] > 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 > <[email protected]>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 < > [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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