Our own Distro

[Alan Mac Hugh]

Hey, I was reading about SUSE Studio, and I be a good idea to have Our own Distro, to show off what Linux can do.

So first question Gnome  or KDE or would a it be a good to have Gnome & KDE distor

What programs should it have ,

Essentials
========
Firefox
Liberoffice
Thunderbird

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[Gerard Cunningham]

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 15:15 +0100, Alan Mac Hugh wrote:
> Hey, I was reading about SUSE Studio, and I be a good idea to have Our
> own Distro, to show off what Linux can do.
>
> So first question Gnome or KDE or would a it be a good to have Gnome
> & KDE distor

I use Ubuntu, so I'm more familiar with Gnome, or was until Shuttleworth
decided on the abomination that is Unity. At the moment I'm in the
market for a new distro, and I quite like the look of Xfce. I've also
looked at Fedora/SuSE (both Gnome, I think) in recent weeks, but for
some reason neither of them wants to connect to my wireless modem, which
makes them pretty useless until I can find out what's going on.

Anyway, I think that makes me a vote for Gnome, with the proviso hat I
haven't seen Gnome 3 yet, and last saw a KDE desktop about five years
ago.

> What programs should it have ,
>
> Essentials
> ========
> Firefox
> Liberoffice
> Thunderbird

Yes to the first two, though I prefer Evolution for mail. Thunderbird
feels too "html/webby", and Evolution reminds me of Eudora, which I used
for years.

Also regularly used for work:
Scribus
Gimp
Digikam
gedit
Inkscape
gFTP
Skype (ok, not quite FOSS)
Audacity

And finally, for The Pretty:
Compiz
Cairo Dock

Final note: I'm a user, not a developer. I just want something that Just
Works.

Final Final Note: It make be heresy in the County of Brigid, but could I
suggest a name: Colmcille. How many other saints can you think of who
went to war for the right to freely make copies?

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[Gerard Cunningham]

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 15:15 +0100, Alan Mac Hugh wrote:

> Hey, I was reading about SUSE Studio, and I be a good idea to have Our
> own Distro, to show off what Linux can do.
>
> So first question Gnome or KDE or would a it be a good to have Gnome
> & KDE distor

I use Ubuntu, so I'm more familiar with Gnome, or was until Shuttleworth

decided on the abomination that is Unity. At the moment I'm in the
market for a new distro, and I quite like the look of Xfce. I've also
looked at Fedora/SuSE (both Gnome, I think) in recent weeks, but for
some reason neither of them wants to connect to my wireless modem, which
makes them pretty useless until I can find out what's going on.

Anyway, I think that makes me a vote for Gnome, with the proviso hat I
haven't seen Gnome 3 yet, and last saw a KDE desktop about five years
ago.

> What programs should it have ,
>
> Essentials
> ========
> Firefox
> Liberoffice
> Thunderbird

Yes to the first two, though I prefer Evolution for mail. Thunderbird

[Rachael Holt]

I used Xfce for years and love it, I use gnome in work now and my mac at home.

[Alan Mac Hugh]

Looks like it  Gnome then . personal I use Xubuntu, i find KDE and Gnome just a bit to bolted fro me . Ok I'll work on it over weekend .
.

[David Cullen]

With so many distro's already out there what would be the advantage of creating out own?

Dave

[Gerard Cunningham]

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 21:57 +0100, Alan Mac Hugh wrote:
> Looks like it Gnome then . personal I use Xubuntu, i find KDE and
> Gnome just a bit to bolted fro me . Ok I'll work on it over weekend .

Just so my post isn't misunderstood, I'm quite happy to go with Xfce,
there's a lo to be said for spartan windows that don't hog memory