Idea
#4014: A somewhat different Ubuntu
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Written by tomh38 the 9 Mar 08 at 20:31.
Category: Look and Feel.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
I would like to see a version of Ubuntu for people who don't like graphical interfaces. It could have Links or Lynx, Mp3Blaster, Vi or Emacs, Midnight Commander, feh, fbida, etc. The first version could be called Cubuntu 8.08 Consoley Codemonkey.
Here's a screenshot of what it could look like:
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flomar wrote on the 9 Mar 08 at 21:08
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Hey,
so what you want is a geek distribution based on Ubuntu... ;)
Sounds like a bad idea, there are already distributions providing this and you could build such a system out of the the 'server' version of Ubuntu.
Flo
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XSP wrote on the 9 Mar 08 at 21:52
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Alas, gone are the days when empowering the user through intuitive textual interfaces were the norm. I actually have a box that is sans GUI. I have a CLI based box. It can stream music from the internet, play movies, surf the web visually, and requires a mere 128 MB of RAM.
Ubuntu seems to target a different audience though. They seem to target the newcomer by offering them an interface that is some what familiar and introduce the concepts of Linux gradually. I tend to forget that when reading some of the ideas here. 12 years in Unix based systems makes you a little biased.
I would love to see a minimal install CD though. It gives you your command line and then if you want a Window Manager, you just install it.
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tomh38 wrote on the 9 Mar 08 at 22:04
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flomar,
Thanks for your comments. I must say, though, that since Ubuntu has such a large user base (for Linux), excellent developers, and also excellent support, a made-for-geek desktop version would be nice. Oh well.
XSP,
I would also like to see a minimal install CD. Since Debian-type systems have a long tradition of dependency resolution, it would be easier than with some other distributions to install a base system and then add other software (WM, DE, whatever).
Just in case you look at this ... I'm curious about what you use to look at the web graphically (or did I misunderstand you when you wrote "visually")?
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markrian wrote on the 9 Mar 08 at 23:44
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Try using the Ubuntu server disk to install Ubuntu. You can choose only to install a minimal system. From there, you can add whatever programs you want.
Ubuntu doesn't force you to use a GUI of course - you could simply uninstall all gnome/kde/Xorg packages.
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XSP wrote on the 10 Mar 08 at 03:05
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Oh. I should have mentioned that. I use Zen. It draws to the framebuffer so you can actually browse the web like you would from a full desktop environment.
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GJRP wrote on the 10 Mar 08 at 12:55
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This already exists.
Try using the alternate cd of xubuntu you will see an option to install a comand line interface(CLI) system.
Sorry for my english
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tomh38 wrote on the 10 Mar 08 at 14:05
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XSP: Thanks for the information. I had no idea you could do that.
GJRP: Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't know you could do that with xubuntu. No need to apologize for your english, you didn't make any mistakes.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 00:07
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Try Debian, Slackware, Gentoo or something.
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maybeway36 wrote on the 29 Mar 08 at 19:43
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All the alternate and server CDs have a CLI option. It's really nice to build your own OS from it.
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jhoger wrote on the 18 May 08 at 06:54
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+1,HardCore
Rock on tomh38.
You know, I'd love to see a distro based around Ion window manager because I'm hardcore keyboarder too. It'll never happen because everyone is too busy trying to cater to the people who want it to "Just Work" or more accurately, "Just Work Like Windows" or "Just Work Like OSX."
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