mikeslr wrote:2 lite versions? How about a "bdrive" instead? with the ISO containing both. Noobs would have lite apps on bootup. Intermediate users could either --when installing to a 'lina-lite folder-- not include it, or delete it after bootup.With perhaps some modification of Custom Builder to designate whether the "drive" being built is to be adrive or bdrive?
Or alternative to the latter, what's the current statuses of Pet2SFS & SFS-combiner, or such? as each of us have our favorite applications that we'll want regardless of which Pup we boot into.
And a second version would pose a naming problem as there isn't any neat word for "in between" lite and populated. Perhaps if you renamed 'lina-lite to "Florida" you could could call an in-between version "Georgia".
Not quite two versions of lite, more like a separate distro based on lite that has pre-installed, small applications. Like I said, that's getting the cart before the horse at present.
mikeslr wrote:If lina-lite can boot to desktop without adrive, and geany (perhaps a basic version --who would complain?) were included in the "core," the default adrive could consist of small applications. Would an intermediate version of lina be needed?
I've added leafpad to the current lite adrive because some had expressed interest in a text editor that wasn't console based. The reason I put it on the adrive is so that a user can easily get rid of it entirely or replace it with their favorite text editor, for example, geany, or perhaps even vim.
Yes, it'd be easy for a user of lite to create what I was describing for themselves. My interest in doing the build for newer users would be to make a distro based on lite that would be user friendly from the get-go. Essentially Carolina, but on a much smaller scale. For some, lite may not be accessible as-is; while Carolina would be a great choice for them in that case, some users may not have the space or resources to enjoy it. Also, a lite-based distro would have a non-pae kernel standard. That would appeal to some, also. But I would keep the original lite going for those that have the desire to fully customize their default apps, and have the know-how to do so.
mikeslr wrote:Separate issue regarding what to include when building an adrive: My apologies for not having followed developments closely, or failing memory. as the following may be well known to those who did or don't have that condition. As I understand it, the window-manager, Xfce, is included in the "core." Is that now xfce-4.8 or already 4.10? And which, if any of the Xfce pets --such as xfce-notify-- are NOT included in the core so that if their functions were desired they'd have to be included in adrive or installed? Lastly, are there any Xfce pets available from the repo which SHOULD NOT be used if the "core" includes 4.8, or 4.10?
Both lina-lite (and Carolina) use only xfce-4.10. You need not included any xfce packages for either, as
everything relating to xfce-4.10 is on the core sfs. The xfce pets will remain in the repo for backward compatibility with earlier versions.