"there is a lightweight Trisquel meta package in the current repos
called "trisquel-mini". it can be installed after an installation, but
i do not know what it actually installs. however, a mini install USB
image would be a nice addition."
Me neither, but I don't think an optional meta package on top of the default
install is the right way to do a lightweight version. A lite version after
all calls for a minimum of disk space, a carefully selected collection of
apps and packages, and a truly lightweight window system (which Xfce really
isn't).
"great idea, and i would like to add support for realtime multimedia
(audio/video). not a whole separate version, but perhaps a rt-kernel
and associated packages, or a meta-package. i am still learning about
building packages on GNU+Linux, so i cannot offer much help right now."
I agree with that proposal. We should offer a realtime (rt) branch of the
Ubuntu-libre kernel for download, as should the linux-libre project for the
generic kernel. That way, any user that wishes to record audio or video could
boot from the rt kernel, and do so without compromising freedom.
Though I do not think it would be a good idea to ever offer a studio flavor
of Trisquel, because those kinds of distros tend to be superfluous. It takes
a lot less effort to install an rt kernel and your favorite multimedia
production apps (Ardour, Audacity, JACK, ZynAddSubFX, Kino, Open Movie
Editor, etc.) than downloading, burning, installing, and configuring a
separate studio distribution.
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