Grench
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I really like the progress Linux-Swat has made with the SL4P. Kudos to him for taking that on!
Notaz, king of all Angstrom on the Pandora 1, has done a great job and been very creative and resourceful. It's a solid OS and has been the root supporting the Pandora's software development. Thank you!
The following discussion should not in any way disparage the work that either of them have done on the P1. It is intended to collect ideas around what would be the ideal starting point or features to have on a P2 OS.
Should we stick with Angstrom on the P2 and retain everything that has been developed so far on it?
Should we start down the path of making SL4P the Linux-on-P2 OS?
Should we be looking at something with more main stream recognition? This would likely be Ubuntu - though I despise the Unity interface from the core of my being.
Or maybe something completely off the wall?
My current favorite desktop distribution is Linux Mint 13 XFCE. If you haven't tried it, give it a spin. http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2088
I particularly like the clean interface and the category based menu system. Being able to use apt-get as well as the same package manager as Ubuntu gives it some very nice software leverage. I like that it isn't all bound up in 'OS features' that I didn't really want anyway and that it's clear of bloat and that I don't have to set 8 boxes to $0 donation before I'm allowed to download it (Ubuntu does this).
This thread is not meant to be divisive or definitive - everyone has their favorite distribution. It is meant to open the discussion of the merits and issues of going down the different available paths.
So - what are your favorite distributions and why?
Notaz, king of all Angstrom on the Pandora 1, has done a great job and been very creative and resourceful. It's a solid OS and has been the root supporting the Pandora's software development. Thank you!
The following discussion should not in any way disparage the work that either of them have done on the P1. It is intended to collect ideas around what would be the ideal starting point or features to have on a P2 OS.
Should we stick with Angstrom on the P2 and retain everything that has been developed so far on it?
Should we start down the path of making SL4P the Linux-on-P2 OS?
Should we be looking at something with more main stream recognition? This would likely be Ubuntu - though I despise the Unity interface from the core of my being.
Or maybe something completely off the wall?
My current favorite desktop distribution is Linux Mint 13 XFCE. If you haven't tried it, give it a spin. http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2088
I particularly like the clean interface and the category based menu system. Being able to use apt-get as well as the same package manager as Ubuntu gives it some very nice software leverage. I like that it isn't all bound up in 'OS features' that I didn't really want anyway and that it's clear of bloat and that I don't have to set 8 boxes to $0 donation before I'm allowed to download it (Ubuntu does this).
This thread is not meant to be divisive or definitive - everyone has their favorite distribution. It is meant to open the discussion of the merits and issues of going down the different available paths.
So - what are your favorite distributions and why?