Couldn't see if anyone had said anything about it, but there is a audio distro that uses XFCE and is a live distro as well.
It's called Puredyne and can be found here http://puredyne.org/download.html. There is a live CD and a live DVD to choose from. Since we are considering both XFCE and the live medium, Puredyne aught to serve as a decent example. On 04/10/2011 11:18 PM, C K wrote: > Hello folks. For folks who don't know me I'm Cory Kontros. > (launchpad.net/~coryisatm) Former lead on Ubuntu Studio. > > I took a needed break for a bit but have now volunteered to help > handle Ubuntu Studio's UI layout for the future. (with Scott's > blessing) > > > So lets kick things off. Here's how I see things. > > There's alot of flux going on in computer UI design. GNOME, Canonical > (w/Unity) and Google (w/Android) all look to be shifting to this > "single app focus" kinda design. Where visually, you don't see much > going on but the currently focused app. KDE and OSX are currently the > most traditional. > > I don't see this fitting for Studio users workflows. > > So, in looking at our options (considering most of our apps are GTK) > XFCE seems like the best move. I know there are other WM options to > consider but they all feel weaker in comparison to the XFCE option. > > Xubuntu has done some great work lately. Without seeing it I proposed > to Scott some options that can very close to what they currently do. > Xubuntu does: 1 panel across the top and AWN as a launcher on the > bottom. (http://imagebin.org/146291) I propose simply using Avant > Window Navigator. > (http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6728/screenshotoof.png) It > currently can handle 90% of what a panel can do. But that 10% is > important. Namely the absence of a network manager app. I've seen some > in the past but nothing current. > > A bit radical but its something I hope to prove works nicely with testing. > > > Now please feel free to discuss whatever. This is by no means a done > deal but it is currently the direction agreed upon at the last -dev > meeting. > -- ailo -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel