Announcement: Mini, Lite, Tiny, and from Shift Linux

[hopp58902 Member]

Ever since Shift Lite was axed (in this crazy economy :p ), people have been asking about the future of Shift in terms of "Lite-ness". Shift continues to be developed as a Gnome OS, but I'd like to spread the word on a project started by me which uses the same exact Shift base (you can almost say it's based on Shift) - only lighter and customized towards netbooks - Firefly Linux. I've been talking to Simon and he is OK with our projects working together and coexisting, and helping each other out. Firefly and Shift don't compete - they're looking for different markets. Firefly will use the LXDE desktop by default, and is looking at Netbook-Launchers and interfaces.

If you'd like to add input to Firefly, want to request something, have netbook info, or want in on this project too, just send me a PM or reply here. We need Linux application and Python developers as well as GTK and Glade devlopers to make the distribution beautiful.

Also, to clear this up: I will not be leaving Shift, I will continue to do everything I've done. Firefly Linux does not affect this at all.

Here's some more info:

Website (coming soon): http://fireflylinux.com

Blog: http://blog.fireflylinux.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/fireflylinux

My Twitter (Firefly AND Shift fans): http://twitter.com/crimsonredmk

Forum: Do we want a forum?

[LTSmash]

Shift-based means Arch based... nice then...

[hopp58902 Member]

Firefly Linux Alpha 1 Released! It's only 277MB, and it's based on Shift/Arch. Try it out! http://fireflylinux.com

[Iian K]

Ah, a smaller distro. Nice. :) Keep up the good work guys!

[i_was_here]

LXDE means it has Openbox right?

Also will this version work fine on non-netbook computers (desktops for example)?

[hopp58902 Member]

Yes, and yes.

[White Cuban]

Me and my lenovo 3000 n100 would love to participate i guess.

[i_was_here]

Just a small question: the Firefly website mentions Gnome and XFCE but you said it uses LXDE by default. Any clarifcation there?

And wouldnt Gnome be a poor choice for netbooks and lightness in general?

[hopp58902 Member]

Float uses XFCE, but that will likely change soon.

[ZekeComa]

I prefer KDE4 I hate anything gtk+ or debian based