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Development => Suggestions => Topic started by: NGIB on June 05, 2014, 02:49:01 PM

Title: Stripped down version
Post by: NGIB on June 05, 2014, 02:49:01 PM
No, not a CLI version but a version with an LXDE base, Sparky tools and a browser.  This would make a great starting point for folks to build on.  This is basically what I did last night as I removed the packages I don't use and it was a long process.  A version with just a solid base and not a ton of programs would also be very good for testing the basic system and the great tools Sparky includes...
Title: Re: Stripped down version
Post by: pavroo on June 05, 2014, 03:22:59 PM
There is the Sparky Base Edition which features: base system, Openbox, lightdm, tint2, Iceweasel, PCManFM, network-manager and a just a few tools to build the desktop/system manually. The iso image is about 600 MB.
Title: Re: Stripped down version
Post by: NGIB on June 05, 2014, 03:37:32 PM
Is this a 3.4 system?  If so, I'll have to look at this...
Title: Re: Stripped down version
Post by: pavroo on June 05, 2014, 03:54:31 PM
The latest one is 3.3.2-test3.

3.4 Base will be ready next week as well as MATE and Xfce Editions.
Title: Re: Stripped down version
Post by: NGIB on June 05, 2014, 04:18:34 PM
Cool, I DL it next week...