My Linux distro plans

[Kaneki 1,072]

Hi, I was wondering what everyone thinks of my plans for a Linux distro I'm creating:

 

"Unwind Linux is a Gentoo-based GNU/Linux distribution aiming at "simplistic minimalism". This means you get just the essentials and no extra programs, like the default GNOME extra apps. You get a desktop, package manager, browser and some GNU tools. Development started in July 2012 and is aiming for a late 2012 release. It relies mostly on open source software unlike some competitors who mix open source and proprietary software."

 

Support:

 

Free forum support and $59 a year premium support (premium includes phone, ticket, and VNC remote desktop support. Phone is limited to 5 incidents a month and unlimited for everything else).

 

Desktop: XFCE 4

Kernel: Hardened Gentoo kernel

Package manager: Pacman (Portage included but not managed by Unwind)

Installer: Anaconda or custom installer

Requirements: Not specified yet, but expected RAM usage is at least 256MB and a 1.0GHz processor.

[Ashbad 969]

Just curious, why Xfce if you're going for minimalism? Xfce is nice and simplistic but you could definitely just pack a window manager on it's own instead of a whole desktop environment.

[Kaneki 1,072]

Just curious, why Xfce if you're going for minimalism? Xfce is nice and simplistic but you could definitely just pack a window manager on it's own instead of a whole desktop environment.

 

Plan is to be a ready desktop without any un-needed stuff like GNOME and KDE(?) has.

[SPLinux 374]

Sounds pretty interesting, haven’t really used xfce much as i prefer lxde by i heard its pretty good, hope all goes well

for you, got a site set up for it yet like sourceforge?, i would like to see some screenshots if you have any.

 

i would gladly test it if you got any images of it yet.

Edited July 28, 2012 by superponylinux

[MVC NVMXD JVRXD 2,406]

Well... I always preferred KDE, but that's just me. I'm not a fan of minimalism, though. I'd rather have my OS be able to "get shit done" faster and easier than me having to spend too much time specifying and tweaking everything.

[Kaneki 1,072]

Sounds pretty interesting, haven’t really used xfce much as i prefer lxde by i heard its pretty good, hope all goes well

for you, got a site set up for it yet like sourceforge?, i would like to see some screenshots if you have any.

 

i would gladly test it if you got any images of it yet.

 

Equipment issues have delayed the release a bit to August or September. But here's the site:

http://unwindlinux.org/

 

EDIT: Screwed up the Nginx configuration file. Gotta re-do the server now, brb.

Edited July 28, 2012 by DeveloperPony