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Autor: dreamer
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A: dynebolic mailinglist
Asunto: Re: [dyne:bolic] Dynebolic default WM
Cool. I have the beta in a VM already, but only the dvd-image.
Any idea how we can work on this?

I'd like to help tweak some things to make lxde true to dyne:bolic :)


On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Luis Cabarcas <cmdr.chili@???> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:35 AM, dreamer <dreamer@???> wrote:
>
> > So, on IRC I was talking about this with Jaromil a bit and I'm wondering
> > what others' ideas are.
> >
> > In previous versions dyne:bolic was always focused on running on as many
> > systems as possible.
> > Now with the latest beta showing the full OS does not even fit on a
> single
> > CD anymore, we also see a shift from the previous XFCE (which at the time
> > was quite novel) to a GNOME desktop.
> >
> > To me both these developments seem to counter the spirit of dyne:bolic.
> Now
> > Jaromil explained that the beta is full-featured and therefor too big
> for a
> > CD and that eventually there will be an installation to add modules
> later.
> > But, on the topic of WM perhaps it's nice to discuss a bit the
> > possibilities.
> >
> > Personally I think XFCE has grown out of it's box and is quite a big DE.
> > Similar to GNOME perhaps, but in a way more suitable for small children
> for
> > instance (nice big buttons and relatively easy menus).
> > A DE I've been looking at some time is LXDE, which is based on openbox.
> It
> > is very minimal and can be easily tweaked (theme, menu, default apps
> etc.)
> > to suit ones own needs.
> > It gives all the basic DE features, looks very nice and clean, has a very
> > small footprint on the hardware and not any intrusive integrations
> (unlike
> > other DE's like GNOME and XFCE that depend greatly on their own specific
> > configurations etc.).
> >
> > So what are your ideas of getting a dyne-config for LXDE and use this for
> > the final dyne:bolic 3.0 release?
> > I think it would be very well suited for the distribution.
> >
> > greets,
> > Alexander
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>
> Very good idea actually gtk dependency its common with gnome, but taking
> LXDE would mean a lot less weight put into the install media.
> I'll start working on it as soon as I get home and install the beta in a
> VM.
>
> German C.
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