i have a project similar like you want to build. My project is: openGarrobito
openGarrobito is a distribution of linux, based in opensuse 11.3, This remix have most multimedia package, like burn aplicacion, rip programs, multimedia players, editing programs FPS games urban terror, and have a desktop like KDE SC 4.5 Broadcom wireless are supported, and nvidia to with property drivers ;) And more stuff ;) The like of my appliance in suse gallery: http://susegallery.com/a/mPtySe/opengarrobito And the web page: decks.260mb.com 2010/8/17, Nelson Marques <[email protected]>: > > Hi all, > > I've been looking for this for quite some time as I might be interested > in exploring something new... Here's a bit about the idea: > > A small LiveCD / USB enabled distro based on opensuse 11.3 with GNOME; > To be explored in a marketing driven way; > Delievering what people might want: eye candy, non-standard packages, > integrated Environment, troublesome codecs, etc; > Keeping up to date with community submitted materials; > Can be enabled on any traditional openSUSE platform; > > In other words, a selection of non-standard applications (ex: nautilus > elementary, notify osd, etc)... The best Ubuntu offers with some patches > that annoyed and were forbiden by Shuttleworth to increase functionality > and other pieces of software that are popular amongst users) with a > powerful meta-theme. > > I plan to keep this with a gnome-panel vintage look and as a possible > alternative to gnome-shell default enabled stuff. > > This is not to be faced as a distro, but instead as: > 1. an artwork pack for GNOME / opensuse 11.3; > 2. project branding only covers artwork; > 3. marketing experiment; > 4. No server components, this is to be only for End Users performing > the most normal Desktop tasks, like communication or design development. > 5. A different experience from everyone else on the game; > > In a very raw way that's it... > > My naming for this... needs to be flashy and hook'able... "MERC PACK" > > According to Dictionary.com: > > Mercenary: > Adjective: 1. Working or acting merely for money or __other reward__, > venal; > hired to serve in a foreign army, guerrilla organization, > etc. > > > Noun: 3. A Professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army. > 4. any hireling. > > > That's the metaphore for the name, pretty much enlightening, except we > aren't paying no one and everything will be based distribution wise and > package wise on guerrilla marketing aimed directly to end users and > based on end user demands. > In another we want to 'hire' mercs... people who we don't care if they > use whatever they use (hopefully our own merc stuff in the future) and > build a showcase for their artwork and engineering. A completly > scratched Desktop Environment based on GNOME that dares to go where > distro's don't want to touch on their default installations. > > ... > > I've been looking into SUSE Studio for this... I have my own reasons > not to do this on Fedora, and I recon openSUSE is a KDE distro, but it > offers good tools that make this easier for a small group of people. > > So far the group for this is small being: > > - Samuel Cruz > Developer @ Portugal Telecom > - Flavio Oliveira > Advertisement Company CEO and Designer/Artist > - Bruno Oliveira > Marketing Manager > - Nelson Marques > Marketing Junior Officer @ _some bank_ > - Paulo Figueiredo > Communication & Design graduate > - Jean Figueiredo > Programmer / Software Engineer @ _some bank_ > > We are planning to start "merc pack" using SUSE Studio based on > openSUSE 11.3 and evolving alongside with it. > > I'm not sure on how openSUSE wants to keep their image on this or > eventually your concerns... but feel free to launch your questions and > how you want your Trademarks represented as we are not going to announce > ourselfs as a distro or anything in that scope. > > Questions are welcome as we are still building visual image, > guidelines for logos (and we might trademark the logos and brand). We > plan to have all the logistical and marketing stuff ready soon, and we > might recruit people to help on Portuguese translations to openSUSE as > we want to offer the best European Portuguese available as we are > planning to do local work about this... > > I know this is just a junk non-organized email... but it will take form > and in this stage it's best for us to check if it's reliable to do it > using this platform and that it brings no coalitions with openSUSE, in > fact it would awesome to know what openSUSE community members think > about it... > > nelson > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Decks Agustin Fco. Chavarria Miembro internacional de opensuse Embajador de opensuse en nicaragua Dj Carbono14-Miembro de TranceDjsNicaragua "No abro documentos de MS Office, solo ODF tel: 84099002 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
