Debian Desktop as Pure Blend (marlin)
Hello all,
I would like to work / help on the "Debian Desktop" project. I
made some notes on the wiki [1].
There were some discussion in the past. E.g. we do have a "xfce
task". I think a "Debian Desktop" should be more than "just" an
Windows Manager / Desktop Manager. A dedicate task / team to
provide a Window Manager / Desktop Manager is a very important
part. But based on this work, I think we need to add some more
applications and configuration to provide a user friendly system.
Where I think Blends come in.
There was also a discussion on IRC, GNOME may the "standard" of
Debian. I think there is no problem by providing different
desktop environments. I dedicated to use xfce, because I think
it's a nice and "small" Desktop Manager. I think it also nice for
people coming from other operating system.
What I did,...
I create a project called "marlin". [2] This project has a
"desktop"-task. This task provides the desktop manager (xfce) and
a set of application which I think would be very helpful (like
calculator, clock, office suite, pdf reader,... and also system
tools).
Maybe we can provide some "extra"-tasks to let the user install
more useful packages based on the need. E.g. the user likes to
work with internet, multimedia, graphic applications, there will
be the possibility to install it.
The marlin-desktop could be used to build a live system and be
able to let the user select it via installation (netinstall). The
"extra" packages can be installed later, if it's the users wish.
What I would like to do,...
I would like to continue with this project. I'm not happy with
the name "merlin", maybe somebody has a better idea. :)
Would be nice if somebody can look into [2] an can check if this
will technically work and there are not "concept"-issues. If it's
looks good, I think I can go head (e.g. add more applications and
system tools).
[1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Discussion
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/StefanKropp/marlin
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Stefan
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