[OpenIndiana-discuss] Sonicle XStreamOS repo and XStream Desktop in progress

[finid at linuxbsdos.com]

Here's a suggestion to OI devs. How about getting together with Sonicle 
to explore the possibility of merging OI and XStreamOS server and 
desktop?

I think it will be better for the community and for everybody and it 
will bring more talent and resources to focus on a distribution instead 
of spreading it out to two different distros.

What do you guys think?


--
finid


On 2013-05-15 12:52, finid at linuxbsdos.com wrote:
> Gabriele,
> 
> A company-sponsored illumos desktop distribution is very welcome.
> 
> Here are a few suggestions:
> 
> 1. A graphical installer will make it a hit for new users. Users
> expect one on a modern desktop distribution. If you don't have a gui
> installer yet, check out PC-BSD's graphical installer.    Might be
> easier to port it than code one from scratch.
> 
> 2. Let's shoot for complete out of the box "it just works." That
> means, I install it and start being productive without having to mess
> with configuration files and other manual configuration that should
> work by default. Think about those who do not want to learn how the OS
> works before they can send email or interface with their friends on
> social networks.
> 
> 3. Excellent default physical and network security posture of the box.
> 
> 4. Graphical tools that makes it easy for new users to make use of
> ZFS' excellent features.
> 
> 5. On the app side, being able to choose between OpenOffice and
> LibeOffice is a good option, especially since their will be some
> feature differences. This is minor, but you might want to not bother
> about pdf readers. Firefox comes with a built-in PDF reader, which has
> rendered a standalone PDF reader obsolete.
> 
> 6. LXDE sounds good for a desktop environment, but have you
> considered Cinnamon? It's one of the most popular ones we have around
> and because it's built atop GNOME 3 technologies, it's not very
> resource intensive.
> 
> That should get us started.
> 
> Looking forward to the first public release, but if "outsiders" to
> take a look at it before it hits the download mirrors, I'll be more
> than happy to take it for a spin.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> --
> finid
> http://LinuxBSDos.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 2013-05-15 09:28, Gabriele Bulfon wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> at Sonicle we've almost finished rebuilding a brand new IPS repo with
>> updated packages from
>> latest illumos kernel, updated userland components, X11 1.13.1,
>> updated pkg commands.
>> We wanted to rebuild everything from available sources, to remove any
>> possible dependency
>> from old packages derived from OI.
>> This repo will be available soon on our public
>> pkg.sonicle.com/xstreamos publisher, then a pkg update
>> will do the job over any previous XStreamOS installation.
>> Then, I'd like to announce that we're also working on a Desktop
>> version of XStreamOS.
>> We've chosen, first, do deliver the LXDE desktop as a lightweight 
>> frontend.
>> So we have already packaged all the gnome and other dependencies in
>> our userland.
>> The desktop already works, and is nice.
>> To make it usable, we're packaging all the typical application one
>> may need on a fresh install
>> (file manager, text editor, calculator, terminal, and so on).
>> We've also already packaged both Firefox 20.0.1 and Thunderbird
>> 17.0.5, and they work great on illumos.
>> We have plan to pre-package open-office or libre-office, pdf readers,
>> media apps and so on.
>> We would like your suggestions for what you would expect to have on a
>> Desktop distro of XStreamOS.
>> Thanks!
>> Gabriele Bulfon.
>> Gabriele Bulfon - Sonicle S.r.l.
>> Tel +39 028246016 Int. 30 - Fax +39 028243880
>> via Santa Maria Valle 3 - 20123 - Milano - Italy
>> http://www.sonicle.com
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