I would like to suggest going for a plain-X11 variant. That would gain a larger user community than the wmii/dwm approach: ctwm, wmaker, blackbox, fluxbox, fvwm, wm2, wmx, ... users could join in on the fun.
Then you'd get what you want by just adding the wmii and/or dwm package(s). Not sure what to do about the live CD, though. WDYT? Kai "Anselm R. Garbe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi there, > > during last week I evaluated Windows Vista during my freetime - > I'm not surprised... The whole system is too slow for me and > contains only few innovations I consider useful (well most of > them are also part of OS X, though I'm not uptodate with OS X). > > To a long-year X/wmii/dwm user the most annoying part in Windows > Vista is the inefficient cut'n'paste handling and the manual > window organization (even the mouse-driven Snarfing of Plan 9 is > faster than this braindamaged and inconsistent cut'n'paste > handling of Windows). > > The trip with Windows Vista lead to a reinstallation of ubuntu > on my notebook (because I had to re-partition my disk), but the > ubuntu installation also was very disappointing, because of > this retarded Gnome environment (XFCE, KDE and Gnome altogether > are pretty similiar to the Vista Desktop)... > > With each ubuntu/debian installation I have to install dozens > of packages to setup my system as I like it to be, this sucks. > I can't even use a live cd to run my environment on any computer > - the stuff by Michael Prokop called grml (www.grml.org) > contains too much stuff I don't regularly use - although it > comes very near to what I'd like to have. > > I also notice that there is no real Linux distribution with the > flavor 'designed for C hackers and 9 lovers' out of the box > (grml closes the gap for sys admins). So I got the idea that I'd > like to see a new ubuntu flavor called 9ubuntu for '9 lovers and > C hacker ubuntu' which comes packed with dwm/wmii and all > necessary tools for developing C code (*-dev, vim, gcc, > make, plan9ports,...) instead of those clunky desktop > environments. > > What do people think about this idea? Even if this might not > be officially supported by the ubuntu community, I'd like to see > something like this, because I need it. Is there anyone > interested to initiate such a project? > > Regards, > -- > Anselm R. Garbe >< http://www.suckless.org/ >< GPG key: 0D73F361 Verizon Deutschland GmbH - Sebrathweg 20, 44149 Dortmund, Germany - Amtsgericht Dortmund, HRB 14952 - Geschäftsführer: Donald Badoux - Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Mark Kearns
