Hi! Le Sun, May 17, 2026 at 09:08:20AM +0530, Aryan Karamtoth a écrit : > > Hello, > > > I started to work on a new Debian Pure Blend project. I named the > > project "Debian Marlin". > > > Goal: Debian Marlin shall be a Debian for end users to run > > Debian on Desktop / Laptops. The system shall provide a set of > > pre-installed applications for daily use. My idea is to provide a > > set of documentation and tools to get familiarize with Debian > > GNU/Linux. > > > > "Getting started with Debian GNU/Linux" > > > > Debian Marlin Desktop use Xfce4 as desktop environment and > > includes applications like evolution, libreoffice, a digital > > photo organizer, ebook reader, chat application, audio- and > > video-player, also tools like password manager, backup tool and > > financial-accounting. > > > > Under the hood, there should be all important lib / system tools > > provided for daily use (e.g. gvfs-backends, cups-filters, > > avahi,...). > > > > The project is on salsa: > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/StefanKropp/debian-marlin > > > > There is also a small wiki page: > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktopMarlin > > > > The next steps will be to provide documentation and a > > marlin-desktop-tweaks application (something like this > >https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktopMarlin?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=marlin-tweask.png > > > ><https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktopMarlin?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=marlin-tweask.png>) > > (I'm not subscribed to this list, please CC me for replies) > > Hi Stefan, > > Just my two cents, I think GNOME would be better suited for something like > this because there are also GNOME Circle apps as well as an entire ecosystem > of GTK4 apps out there for something like this and someone who's new to > Linux and considering Debian would most likely pick GNOME as it's the > default DE.
Maybe it should be more clearly marked as a Debian for your old / second hand / low powered system? If one installs a standard gnome desktop with calamares, does one end up with all popular applications pre-installed? > And secondly afaik you can only install blends via the Debian Installer (I > haven't used the DebInstaller in ages, correct me if im wrong) not the live > ISOs, which to say is not very straightforward for an absolute beginner > because Calamares makes the installation so easy for beginners. > > I'm not sure if there's a workaround to make a special installation image > with Calamares for this blend but if there's a chance , it's gonna make the > purpose of this blend more relevant as it will be easy to install and use. > > Overall, I like this idea and I could chime in and help if I ever find some > free time. Would be great if you open an irc channel or a matrix channel so > that we can discuss more about it and invite others who might be interested. There is OFTC/#debian-marlin , I believe it's not (yet?) plumbed / bridged to matrix. Bye, Joost
