Re: [DNG] A better default windows manager

2015-07-28 Thread John Jensen
I know it's decided that XFCE will be the default, which is fine, and as a simply end user I'll be happy with a functional system. I do have a question though. I find JWM to be quite flexible, although I've still much to try and learn about configuring it. It seems to do about everything a person

[DNG] installer options and systemd survey from a non-power users perspective

2015-07-16 Thread John Jensen
Hi All, As a very unspohisticated Linux user I try not to post to this list to often, but here's what I think. You are building a Linux base distribution that is close to Debian Jessie, so stay as close to their install packages as possible, of course, excluding all things systemd. I find vi,

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 10, Issue 12

2015-07-04 Thread John Jensen
Hi All, I've been following this list for a long time. I'm a supporter of open source and the philosophy around it. I studied programming years ago but as the work where I live, at the time, was in other areas I moved on to other things. If one wnated to learn C to contribute to the community