Hi Gordan, Yes, I agree, and for myself I'm not too keen on a desktop version. But I was trying to mirror the other basic Raspberry Pi images which all tend to offer desktops?
It just gives the opportunity to get lots of people using RedSleeve Linux who might not be drawn in to a CLI only image. Because we don't have groupinstalls available the desktop upgrade gets a bit more involved. Happy to also keep a minimal separate CLI only release if you think that's the way forward. Maybe a raspi-redsleeve-cli and a raspi-redsleeve-desktop image - let the users decide? Let me know if that's OK and I'll spin off another version. John On 08/06/12 11:06, Gordan Bobic wrote: > On 06/08/2012 10:53 AM, John Cooper wrote: >> I have updated the image I created for Raspberry Pi's to include a desktop, >> and also to fix up a few things that arose with the original version. >> >> A revised write-up and the new downloadable SD card image is here: >> >> http://opensource.wrenhill.com/?p=123 >> >> Changes include: >> ---------------- >> Fixed initial eth0 initialisation >> Added desktop >> Fixed /etc/fstab >> Included /usr/bin/rpi-update >> Improved logging >> Set Language >> Set Timezone >> Set Keyboard >> Initialised Sound module >> Initialised time setting for Raspberry Pi?s lack of RTC > > Thanks John, great work. One small point, though - should there really be > desktop in the default rootfs? It is easily installable using yum yet > enlarges the rootfs by a lot. My > view is that the rootfs should be as minimalist as possible - just enough to > get the basic system running to the point where you can yum install whatever > else you might need. > > In case of an image intended for WiFi devices I can see the appeal of having > a desktop environment (nm-applet is a lot more intuitive than the CLI input > required to get WiFi up and > running), but AFAIK R-Pi has no WiFi. > > Thoughts? > > Gordan > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users at lists.redsleeve.org > http://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users >
