Linux Mint substitute: I need help

[sara fink]

I don't know mint, but why don't you use slax? It's very modular and you can
put there whatever you want. http://www.slax.org/

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to create a Linux Mint substitute in the easiest possible way,
> whatever that turns out to be. I see the benefits of Mint (to the great
> unwashed, not necessarily to Geeks) as the following:
>
> 1) Installs on almost anything.
> 2) Easy and quick install.
> 3) Works out of the box
>        A) Including non free things
>                i) Codecs
>                ii) NDISwrapper
>                iii) Other common programs
> 4) More intuitive and navigable user interface
>
> The problem with Linux Mint is they implemented a political litmus test for
> their contributors and presumably their community members:
>
> http://eclelef.blogspot.com/2009/05/palestine_03.html
>
> That post was originally posted on the official MINT blog and never
> retracted.
>
> I plan to create some sort of Mint substitute with Mint's advantages, but
> without the political baggage. It would be open to all political
> persuasions:
> Tamil or Sinhalese, North or South Korean, Kach or Hezbollah.
>
> Having neither the brains nor the time to create a forked version, my
> initial
> plan is the following:
>
> 1) Study Mint to find its advantages and how it gains them.
> 2) Using scripts and maybe a few apps, Tweak Ubuntu to gain those
> advantages
> 3) In the long run, support a distro with Mint's advantages but without
> Mint's
> political baggage.
>
> Once again, Mint isn't a Geek distro, but if you're like me and have to
> support Linux users who just want a working computer, it has big
> advantages.
> If anyone wants to help me with this, please let me know.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve Litt
> http://www.troubleshooters.com
>
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