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Ben de Groot wrote: |
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> Hi everyone, |
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> I recently got interested in LXDE[1], the Lightweight X11 Desktop |
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> Environment, and I would like to see this available in portage. At the |
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> moment there are, to my knowledge, 3 overlays maintained by users that |
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> include ebuilds for lxde. I think it is time to combine efforts and get |
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> these packages into the official tree. |
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> I have therefor created an LXDE project page[2] under the Desktop |
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> top-level project. My idea is to initially start an official overlay and |
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> develop the needed packages in there. I am actively encouraging users to |
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> participate in development and maintenance, and of course I am extending |
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> the invitation to any Gentoo developers who would like to join. I don't |
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> want to spread myself too thin, and having more experienced developers |
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> involved with the project would be a good thing. |
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> Any constructive feedback is welcome! |
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> |
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> [1] http://lxde.org/about.html |
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> [2] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/lxde/ |
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I started using LXDE when I was trying out a bunch of lightweight |
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alternative distros -- it really is nice to run; lighter than even Xfce. |
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Once you get the packages into Portage and stabilized, I'll be happy to |
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write up the installation guide; it deserves a spot right up there with |
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our Gnome/KDE/Xfce/Fluxbox guides. |
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