<div dir="ltr">I don't know mint, but why don't you use slax? It's very modular and you can put there whatever you want. <a href="http://www.slax.org/">http://www.slax.org/</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Steve Litt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slitt@troubleshooters.com">slitt@troubleshooters.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi all,<br>
<br>
I'm trying to create a Linux Mint substitute in the easiest possible way,<br>
whatever that turns out to be. I see the benefits of Mint (to the great<br>
unwashed, not necessarily to Geeks) as the following:<br>
<br>
1) Installs on almost anything.<br>
2) Easy and quick install.<br>
3) Works out of the box<br>
A) Including non free things<br>
i) Codecs<br>
ii) NDISwrapper<br>
iii) Other common programs<br>
4) More intuitive and navigable user interface<br>
<br>
The problem with Linux Mint is they implemented a political litmus test for<br>
their contributors and presumably their community members:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://eclelef.blogspot.com/2009/05/palestine_03.html" target="_blank">http://eclelef.blogspot.com/2009/05/palestine_03.html</a><br>
<br>
That post was originally posted on the official MINT blog and never retracted.<br>
<br>
I plan to create some sort of Mint substitute with Mint's advantages, but<br>
without the political baggage. It would be open to all political persuasions:<br>
Tamil or Sinhalese, North or South Korean, Kach or Hezbollah.<br>
<br>
Having neither the brains nor the time to create a forked version, my initial<br>
plan is the following:<br>
<br>
1) Study Mint to find its advantages and how it gains them.<br>
2) Using scripts and maybe a few apps, Tweak Ubuntu to gain those advantages<br>
3) In the long run, support a distro with Mint's advantages but without Mint's<br>
political baggage.<br>
<br>
Once again, Mint isn't a Geek distro, but if you're like me and have to<br>
support Linux users who just want a working computer, it has big advantages.<br>
If anyone wants to help me with this, please let me know.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
Steve Litt<br>
<a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com" target="_blank">http://www.troubleshooters.com</a><br>
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