[Vimoutliner] Fwd: [JAXLUG] new distro

[Steve Litt]

Hi all,

This guy's creating a new distro specifically created to be light weight, and 
is asking for help. I don't think he's on GoLUG's mailing list or 
VimOutliner's mailing list, so if you want him copied, explicitly copy him.

I don't know how this is going to work out, but it looks to me like it could 
be a great VimOutliner appliance for taking notes on a 10 year old notebook.

SteveT

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Subject: [JAXLUG] new distro
Date: Saturday 25 August 2007 16:53
From: Patrick P <parspe at hotmail.com>
To: jaxlug-list at jaxlug.org

 I am working on a project to create a lightweight Linux workstation distro
 for older hardware, mainly PII and PIII machines. The goal is a functional
 desktop with easy installation and configuration. This is not a LiveCD like
 damn small linux but a complete installation distro which uses IceWM for the
 window manager. We could use a little help with testing and a few details if
 anyone has time or wants to. Deb-Ice is a customized Debian distribution
 uses apt for package management and the 2.6 kernel. Deb-Ice simplifys the
 process of installing Debian on an older machine. Currently we just have an
 installer which uses the Debian repositories. Once we get to version 1.0 we
 will release an iso for offline installation. The IceWM window manager is
 installed along with a selection of applications for everyday use, most of
 which are selected for low memory usage, although familar applications such
 as a Mozilla browser suite are also included for those who would rather use
 them. We are working on getting together the needed graphical configuration
 utilities as well. It is a desktop workstation distribution to simple
 functionality and performance on older hardware. Basically everything is
 together but we need to make sure nothing important is missing or see if
 anyone can think of some other applications that need to be added. Things we
 need help with include: * testing sound, printing
* Getting together some information (documentation and HowTos) about getting
 these things working for the distribution. * There are a few broken pieces
 of software lying around that we would like to get included if anyone that
 can program in C++ or C would like to work on. These are basically just
 configuration utilities which are missing. debian packaging expertise would
 also be helpful here. * We could use some prople who are good with graphics
 to create icons for the menu items, which are not completed yet.

 Website is still under construction but can be found at http://icelinux.net
 If you would like to help out Just send me an email if you want to help out
 and then download the iso
 https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=203391

parspe at hotmail.com

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