Re: What distros provide a default IceWM environment?

On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:09:58 -0600 Jason wrote:

> > I provide IceWM and ROX pinboard as the desktop environment in
> > Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org), the lightweight Linux
> > distro that I started.  I'm currently in the process of
> > transitioning Swift Linux from an antiX Linux base to a Linux
Mint > > Debian Edition base.  The idea is to provide the merits of
Linux > > Mint (large repository, superior driver support,
user-friendliness, > > etc.) in a faster and lighter package that
works just as well on > > Windows 98 era computers as Puppy Linux
and antiX Linux.

Good Plan!!!

> > I'm a big fan of IceWM.  It's user-friendly and feels
comfortable to > > users of Windows XP/98/95.  IceWM is a fast and
lightweight user > > interface. 

Totally agree! 

[snip]

> > As you may have guessed, Swift Linux won't win any awards for
> > originality and isn't intended to have any one feature that is
unique. > > Instead, the idea is to create a super distro that
integrates the best > > ideas that have already been successfully
implemented by existing > > distros.

Sounds like a plan!! I'm running Xubuntu, but always start an IceWM
session, and stay as far away from the XFCE bloat (IMO) as
possible. Any Debian-type distro that would ship with IceWM would
have my support. Thanks!!
--
Duke


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Duke Normandin
Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada


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