From: Graham B. <gr...@pi...> - 2001-07-25 14:10:09
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Has any ambitious person thought about putting together a complete Linux distribution with Rox set up as the default desktop/filer (with all the bells and whistles, VFS, etc)? Has any ambitious person modified any existing applications to be more Rox-like (e.g. using the XDS protocol)? -- Graham Borland Picsel Technologies Ltd gr...@pi... Glasgow, Scotland |
From: Alan V. <lin...@cr...> - 2001-07-25 14:58:20
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Actually, I have. It is still fairly alpha, so I had not wanted to say anything yet. My distro is slackware-based, with oroborus as the Window Manager and Rox as the desktop from the get-go. It has Python setup by default. It uses LUCI as the graphical configurator. I am also working on a ROX-native email system (addressbook is nearly functional - then will start on the mail system) all currently in Python at the moment. Also have plans to build on the Dillo code and ROXify that for a small, fast, native web browser. Eventually the whole system will be package-based, as I am also currently building packages daily (.tgz). The install will be a single tar.bz2 file to basically unzip as a system, with packages to add on to make it more robust. If anybody else is headed this way, mabye we can compare notes. For me, it is a learning experience and a half! I am currently running this as my only system and it seems to work great, with only a few bugs. I just upgraded the system! to XFree-4 and a 2.4.2 kernel. It should only be a few more weeks and maybe I will be able to let someone else try the distro out! Alan VanDerHeyden Comp. Eng. Student in Florida USA lin...@cr... On 25 Jul 2001 15:10:01 +0100 Graham Borland <gr...@pi...> wrote: > > Has any ambitious person thought about putting together a complete > Linux distribution with Rox set up as the default desktop/filer (with > all the bells and whistles, VFS, etc)? > > Has any ambitious person modified any existing applications to be more > Rox-like (e.g. using the XDS protocol)? > > -- > Graham Borland Picsel Technologies Ltd > gr...@pi... Glasgow, Scotland > > > _______________________________________________ > rox-users mailing list > rox...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rox-users > |
From: Barn O. <ba...@ur...> - 2001-07-25 20:27:07
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Alan VanDerHeyden wrote: > > Actually, I have. It is still fairly alpha, so I had not wanted to say anything yet. My distro is slackware-based, with oroborus as the Window Manager and Rox as the desktop from the get-go. It has Python setup by default. It uses LUCI as the graphical configurator. I am also working on a ROX-native email system (addressbook is nearly functional - then will start on the mail system) all currently in Python at the moment. Also have plans to build on the Dillo code and ROXify that for a small, fast, native web browser. Eventually the whole system will be package-based, as I am also currently building packages daily (.tgz). The install will be a single tar.bz2 file to basically unzip as a system, with packages to add on to make it more robust. If anybody else is headed this way, mabye we can compare notes. For me, it is a learning experience and a half! I am currently running this as my only system and it seems to work great, with only a few bugs. I just upgraded the syst! em! > to XFree-4 and a 2.4.2 kernel. It should only be a few more weeks and maybe I will be able to let someone else try the distro out! > > Alan VanDerHeyden > Comp. Eng. Student in Florida USA > lin...@cr... > > On 25 Jul 2001 15:10:01 +0100 > Graham Borland <gr...@pi...> wrote: > > > > > Has any ambitious person thought about putting together a complete > > Linux distribution with Rox set up as the default desktop/filer (with > > all the bells and whistles, VFS, etc)? > > > > Has any ambitious person modified any existing applications to be more > > Rox-like (e.g. using the XDS protocol)? > > > > -- > > Graham Borland Picsel Technologies Ltd > > gr...@pi... Glasgow, Scotland Okay that is scary. I am setting up a stripped down slackware setup the same way and working on a DYI distro for use on my servers with ROX and Orodorius. I think it is smart wm choice to pair with ROX do to the small size and stripped down approch of the wm. Barn Owl |
From: Alan V. <lin...@cr...> - 2001-07-25 21:16:52
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:08:39 -0500 Barn Owl <ba...@ur...> wrote: > Okay that is scary. I am setting up a stripped down slackware setup the > same way and working on a DYI distro for use on my servers with ROX and > Orodorius. I think it is smart wm choice to pair with ROX do to the > small size and stripped down approch of the wm. > > Barn Owl > > _______________________________________________ > rox-users mailing list > rox...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rox-users > > Alan VanDerHeyden wrote: > > > > Actually, I have... <snip> > > > > On 25 Jul 2001 15:10:01 +0100 > > Graham Borland <gr...@pi...> wrote: > > > > > > > > Has any ambitious person thought about putting together a complete > > > Linux distribution with Rox set up as the default desktop/filer (with > > > all the bells and whistles, VFS, etc)? <snip> Perhaps we should compare notes sometime... I have had some lively discussions with other people today about this and it seems there is some interest in pursuing a distro of this nature. Cool! I want to get with the guy who does Oroborus and see if we can get better support (without bloat) for Rox (like being able to park the icons in the pinboard on the root window (YAY!) _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Alan VanDerHeyden Comp. Eng. Student in Florida USA lin...@cr... _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ |