Hello all, I would like to work / help on the "Debian Desktop" project. I made some notes on the wiki [1].
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. 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). [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Discussion [2] https://salsa.debian.org/StefanKropp/marlin -- Stefan