[ubuntu-in] Rolling distributions and rolling away from Ubuntu

[Ritesh Sinha]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Narendra Diwate
<narendra.diwate at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Narendra Diwate
> <narendra.diwate at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> AntiX installed and typing this from it. Good OS. Very similar to Ubuntu,
>> but without a DE. Has IceWM and Fluxbox, so is quite light. About 1.7GB
>> installed. Dis not need to install anything to use Flash, mp3 etc. All out
>> of the box. Had tested it earlier (more than a month) in live mode.
>
>
> Even has mocp that i use on Ubuntu. Cool.
> Regards

If you want a minimal Ubuntu based you can start with the mini.iso
file provided by Ubuntu and work your way up to install stuff that you
need. If you like lightweight Desktop Environments I would highly
recommend awesome3. I currently use this on my Ubuntu system. I'm
addicted to apt-get so I like the option of having it around for easy
package installs.

The cons are that it will require a fair bit of package downloading as
well as customization of the awesome rc.lua file for your needs. A
tiling window manager is the best if you use a number of terminals
etc. I try and use either the gmail web interface or mutt for email,
irssi for irc and pidgin for other IM networks (you could rid yourself
of pidgin too if you used bitlbee to run an IM gateway, allowing you
to connect via irssi).

All the best on your minimalist quest! :)

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