Chaosmonk:
> Even if Ubuntu does drop 32-bit support, Trisquel doesn't necessarily have
to do the same
True, but wouldn't that mean having to import an increasing number of
packages from elsewhere? If the value of basing Trisquel off an upstream
distro is that it limits the amount of work required to assemble it, wouldn't
that benefit be negated by having to cobble together packages from multiple
sources to maintain consistent 32-bit support?
While we're discussing Etiona, am I correct to presume that Mate will be the
default desktop again? If so, what are the plans for Trisquel-Mini? We know
that LXDE is a dead parrot, and that even Lubuntu have moved to LXQT. But
Lubuntu 18.04 LTS was the last version released with LXDE, so that does
remains an option for a Mini version of Etiona.
With these changes to Lubuntu they have officially announced they're no
longer a lightweight distro for older PCs, and I'd put (a small amount of)
money on LXQT being more resource intensive that Mate. So for Trisquel 10, it
seems that it will be time to either retire Mini, or choose another default
desktop, one that's significantly lighter than Mate. Maybe now is the time to
start discussing candidates, and since LXDE isn't much lighter than Mate (if
any), maybe the new Mini desktop could be released with Etiona?
