On 14/08/2009, David Sugar <[email protected]> wrote: > much said about keeping it very light, I absolutely agree lightweight > must NEVER mean shortchanging the user experience in the process. I
This is easily to reconcile. With Ubuntu Server, you get a choice of which groups of packages you'd like to install. So there's a CLI only install, there's a LAMP install etc. Why not use the same model for Lubuntu? Provide, say, three package groups: * A basic desktop-only install. I'd suggest some kind of GUI network connection manager, terminal, desktop settings configuration tool, and a GUI package manager tool (so you can install whatever other packages you like). Perhaps it might have a desktop icon to allow sudo users to easily install a variety of web browsers, office suites and other tools, perhaps also giving advice on minimum/recommended hardware requirements for each featured package. * A netbook install. Everything the "basic" install has got, plus, I'd suggest, Firefox, OpenOffice and Cheese (all netbooks have a webcam, we need to demonstrate that the webcam works), PLUS a netbook launcher interface. * A full-fat install. Everything that the "netbook" install has got, but no netbook launcher interface, and then all the packages that the normal Desktop Ubuntu install has got. Basically the whole Desktop Ubuntu but with LXDE. Some packages might have to be substituted if they rely heavily on Gnome. -- Andrew Oakley [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
