[Leaplist] new distro

[Steve Litt]

Hi Patrick,

If your distro includes the Vim editor, I suggest you also include 
VimOutliner. VimOutliner is a keyboard friendly, ultra fast outline processor 
with the following professional outlining features:

* Promote/Demote
* Collapse/Expand (tree and whole outline)
* Interoutline links
* Executable lines (view graphics, videos, spreadsheets etc from outline)
* Checkboxes

Debian already has a VimOutliner package. Maybe you could just include that.

VimOutliner is less than one megabyte download. Most of it runs under Vim, so 
it's light on memory and CPU. Its utilities are programmed in Perl, Python 
and Ruby. There are utilities to convert outlines to OpenOffice, LyX, HTML, 
and HTML slides. There is a calendaring app based on VimOutliner.

You can find out more about VimOutliner here:

http://www.vimoutliner.org.

If you have specific questions, ask me, and I'll get them to the right person 
to answer.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware
http://www.troubleshooters.com/


On Saturday 25 August 2007 16:53, Patrick P wrote:
>  I am working on a project to create a lightweight Linux workstation distro
> for older hardware, mainly PII and PIII machines. The goal is a functional
> desktop with easy installation and configuration. This is not a LiveCD like
> damn small linux but a complete installation distro which uses IceWM for
> the window manager. We could use a little help with testing and a few
> details if anyone has time or wants to. Deb-Ice is a customized Debian
> distribution uses apt for package management and the 2.6 kernel. Deb-Ice
> simplifys the process of installing Debian on an older machine. Currently
> we just have an installer which uses the Debian repositories. Once we get
> to version 1.0 we will release an iso for offline installation. The IceWM
> window manager is installed along with a selection of applications for
> everyday use, most of which are selected for low memory usage, although
> familar applications such as a Mozilla browser suite are also included for
> those who would rather use them. We are working on getting together the
> needed graphical configuration utilities as well. It is a desktop
> workstation distribution to simple functionality and performance on older
> hardware. Basically everything is together but we need to make sure nothing
> important is missing or see if anyone can think of some other applications
> that need to be added. Things we need help with include: * testing sound,
> printing
> * Getting together some information (documentation and HowTos) about
> getting these things working for the distribution. * There are a few broken
> pieces of software lying around that we would like to get included if
> anyone that can program in C++ or C would like to work on. These are
> basically just configuration utilities which are missing. debian packaging
> expertise would also be helpful here. * We could use some prople who are
> good with graphics to create icons for the menu items, which are not
> completed yet.
>
>  Website is still under construction but can be found at
> http://icelinux.net If you would like to help out Just send me an email if
> you want to help out and then download the iso
> https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=203391
>
> parspe at hotmail.com
>
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