robinhardyking wrote:
> --- In linguasos@yahoogroups.com, anthony baldwin <baldwinlinguas@...> wrote:
>> tomaskovicde wrote:
>>> --- In linguasos@yahoogroups.com, anthony baldwin <baldwinlinguas@> wrote:
>>>> Howdy,
>>>>
>>>> I've stopped using PCLinuxOS, for various reasons, and have moved back
>>>> to Ubuntu.
>>>> This will impact the LinguasOS project, of course.
>>>> Sometime soon (in my copious spare time), I will be creating an ALL NEW
>>>> LinguasOS, based on #!Crunchbang Linux (http://www.crunchbanglinux.org -
>>>> a minimal ubuntu with openbox as the default desktop/wm).
>>>
>>> Hi Tony,
>>>
>>> are there any specific reasons for taking these steps? I have just updated
to Ubuntu 9.04 and actually considered to switch to LinguasOS because it is more
lightweight and jaunty really has a couple of annoying bugs, which affect my
work.
>>>
>>> Sonja
>>>
>>>
>> The real problem is that PCFluxboxOS and TinyME are no longer supported
>> by PCLinuxOS, and running updates on those systems, using the PCLinuxOS
>> repos, can break stuff. (LinguasOS was based no PCFluxboxOS and came to
>> include elements of TinyME).
>> Doing a dist-upgrade completely hosed my CUPS server, USB storage
>> mounting, and some other stuff.
>> It was bad enough that it was simply easier to install Ubuntu than try
>> to fix it.
>> If you really want to stick with PCLOS, you might want to try Peter's
>> PCLOS-Trans, since it is a full PCLOS derivative, and not derived from a
>> community remaster that has been abandoned by the PCLOS community.
>> But if you install the currently available LinguasOS isos, you would
>> have to be careful doing updates, so I don't recommend it.
>>
>> I think, in the long run, an Ubuntu based effort, even
>> Crunchbang/openbox, will utlimately be more user friendly than the
>> fluxbox based system that was originally released, anyway.
>>
>> I've been running Jaunty on my main box for about a week, and
>> #!crunchbang on my laptop for a few days now.
>> I'm happy.
>>
>> be well,
>> tony
>>
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>
> I don't speak with any authority in these matters, but if you want to stick
with Fluxbox, it is available for Ubuntu (and Mint, which is just a variant of
Ubuntu that works better out of the box). One reason I didn't continue with
LinguasOS was difficulties contacting the repository. Ubuntu's repositories are
large and fast.
>
>

I do dig fluxbox, but, confess, at the moment I'm using dwm
(http://dwm.suckless.org), which is fun.
I have made openbox my default wm, though.
I think it is a little more friendly to n00bs than fluxbox.
I wouldn't impose dwm on n00bs, of course.
I have gnome, fluxbox, openbox, awm, dwm, lxde all installed on this
box. I never, ever use gnome. awm hasn't worked out to well for me,
either.
lxde isn't a bad choice for a super lightweight but reasonably n00b
friendly DE, but, IMHO, openbox is the best choice for efficienty and
n00b-friendliness.
I would be using dwm as my default wm, I think, at this juncture, if it
didn't have a little bug with java swing guis (which OmegaT needs).
(co0l screenshots of my current system can be seen at
http://tonytraductor.livejournal.com/ )

/tony


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