Hi Stefan, Am Sat, Sep 16, 2023 at 08:05:28AM +0000 schrieb Stefan Kropp: > Hello all, > > I would like to work / help on the "Debian Desktop" project. I > made some notes on the wiki [1].
Thanks a lot for your effort. > There were some discussion in the past. E.g. we do have a "xfce > task". I think a "Debian Desktop" should be more than "just" an > Windows Manager / Desktop Manager. A dedicate task / team to > provide a Window Manager / Desktop Manager is a very important > part. But based on this work, I think we need to add some more > applications and configuration to provide a user friendly system. > Where I think Blends come in. > > There was also a discussion on IRC, GNOME may the "standard" of > Debian. I think there is no problem by providing different > desktop environments. I dedicated to use xfce, because I think > it's a nice and "small" Desktop Manager. I think it also nice for > people coming from other operating system. > > What I did,... > > I create a project called "marlin". [2] This project has a > "desktop"-task. This task provides the desktop manager (xfce) and > a set of application which I think would be very helpful (like > calculator, clock, office suite, pdf reader,... and also system > tools). > > Maybe we can provide some "extra"-tasks to let the user install > more useful packages based on the need. E.g. the user likes to > work with internet, multimedia, graphic applications, there will > be the possibility to install it. > > The marlin-desktop could be used to build a live system and be > able to let the user select it via installation (netinstall). The > "extra" packages can be installed later, if it's the users wish. Without having checked the repository your description what you did sounds sensible. > What I would like to do,... > > I would like to continue with this project. I'm not happy with > the name "merlin", maybe somebody has a better idea. :) > > Would be nice if somebody can look into [2] an can check if this > will technically work and there are not "concept"-issues. If it's > looks good, I think I can go head (e.g. add more applications and > system tools). ENOTIME for fürther inspection from my side, sorry. Good luck with your effort Andreas. > [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Discussion > [2] https://salsa.debian.org/StefanKropp/marlin -- http://fam-tille.de