Hi I will try and update the manual at some point with the new information, if we are removing GTK does this mean most of the apps are going to go, i am guessing we are doing this in order to reduce space or resource usage.
Paul On 14/09/18 08:25, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Den 2018-09-13 kl. 21:49, skrev Israel: >> Hi all, >> >> I have been spending a fair bit of time investigating some of the >> remaining issues to fully remove GTK from ToriOS. >> >> 3 major hurdles are visible to me. >> >> 1. Display Manager (lightdm). >> >> I am investigating the systemd APIs to discover if I can write a very >> simple login manager, since there is really no good alternatives that I >> have found yet. >> >> 2. PCManFM >> >> I am not sure what to completely do here. I could have fun writing an >> app for this, but I am not sure about the more complicated aspects >> (gvfs/samba/sftp/volume management). I have not found a good (i.e. one >> that compiles without modification... like tons of warnings and errors) >> FLTK file manager yet. >> >> So I am not sure if this is something that will happen... but that >> said... I do really enjoy programming so I *might* work up something >> here... >> >> 3. Installer >> >> This seems less important actually. The live CD can have extra things >> more so than the installed version. But the earlier discussions seemed >> to indicated the real usage of OBI was not as valuable as it used to be. >> >> However it may still be nice to use an existing one (like d-i aka Debian >> Installer) and work with things that way. >> >> >> So if anyone knows of a good display manager lets try it, or a good >> working file manager.. or an installer that they can (or I can) modify >> to install ToriOS without having to fork it majorly >> > > Hi Israel, > > 3. Installer > > - Have a look at Calamares, that is being implemented by the Lubuntu > team for 18.10. (I don't know what packages it depends on.) > > - If you want something simple and light-weight, I think d-i (the text > mode Debian Installer) is a good alternative. > > Best regards > Nio > -- Paul Sutton http://www.zleap.net Friendi.ca :zl...@social.isurf.ca -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios-dev Post to : torios-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
