Fwd: I think we should have a chat about the future of U-lite, at least as I see it. - Ubuntu Lite

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:33:38 +0100
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Subject: Re: Fwd: I think we should have a chat about the future of U-lite, at 
	least as I see it.
From: Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com>
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2009/6/30 C David Rigby <c.david.ri...@gmail.com>:
> If Lubuntu becomes simply Ubuntu with LXDE instead of GNOME, then it
> will not really be "lite". That's OK.

How do you mean? Have they already decided to use big apps like
OpenOffice & (arguably) Firefox?

> I like LXDE a lot just because it
> is not yet "Windowfied", like GNOME and KDE are becoming.

(?) I don't follow you. The default LXDE desktop is a very close clone
of the Windows one - closer than either GNOME or KDE 4.


> If Lubuntu is
> simply a change of DE, then I don't see a conflict with U-lite's mission
> of providing a lighter alternative for resource-limited hardware.

Concur - /but/ it will be close enough that it will be hard for the
odd random punter to know the difference.

> Some of you have probably seen my earlier post about a
> "bundles"-oriented installer on the lubuntu mailing list.

No. I didn't know there /was/ a Lubuntu mailing list. Where is it, please?

> To summarize,
> my though is to create a minimal command-line with networking
> installation with LXDE and its minimal dependencies on top. The user of
> the installation program would then select well-documented bundles of
> additional applications for installation to create the desired system.
> The effort would be on the installer, mostly.

Making installation more complex is a very bad idea, I think. There
are few options with the Mac OS X installation and almost none with
Windows 7. Complex installers are a bad memory of the 1990s. The ideal
is, give your name and where to put it and that's it. I think an
interactive installer that asks questions will put off all but experts
and result in very poor adoption.

Of an OS, remember, that is only at about 1% of the desktop market - a
quarter of the share of the Mac. That's *all* forms of Linux put
together.

We need simpler, not more complex.

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