[ncolug] Re: Xubuntu for ToyTime project
- From: nor thern <zboson2003@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:47:25 -0700 (PDT)
Henry Keultjes <hbkeultjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Mark Shuttleworth:
Hi Henry - you might want to check out Xubuntu, which uses XFCE and is
thus a much lighter-weight option.
Mark
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu
http://www.xfce.org/
I have done some looking on both sites and the ideas are interesting
enough that i want to look at them further.
Please answer these questions for me:
1. Does XFCE run on X or is it a light-weight replacement for X?
2. Is Xubuntu dependent on Gtk?
3. Is XFCE dependent on Gtk?
4. Does the dependency on Gtk absolutely preclude the use of Qt and
Qtopia http://www.trolltech.com/ ?
It may not be obvious to some on the list why I keep coming back to Qt
and Qtopia . Most of you are hackers. Experimenting with different
software is in your nature. I am looking for one very lightweight
solution that can be used by thousands and even millions of users.
Because of the postings related to the $100 laptop project, the need for
such a lightweight Linux solution has drawn more attention and I hope
that we can build the ToyTime project on that momentum. From what I
have looked at for years, lightweight solutions based on Qt and Qtopia
are much more prevelant than Gtk based solution. Please educate me!
Henry Keultjes
Database Scientifics Project http://www.ncolug.org/ppc.htm
Mansfield Ohio USA
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answers to numbered questions
1 runs on X
2 http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=12810
uses GTK2 whenever possible.
3http://www.xfce.org/index.php?page=documentation&lang=en
uses GTK2.2 or greater.
made sure David Bayes received Slax CD at meeting. has stripped down KDE
and hd installer. also allows for easy customized distributions because of
modules
that can be added to make new iso image.
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