On 3/18/19 10:17 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Kindly read this email from a good friend of mine. Not sure if some of > you may know him already or not 🤔 > > Trying to convince him to join us 😉 > > Thanks. > Ali > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *Rex Bouwense* <m...@azloco.com <mailto:m...@azloco.com>> > Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019, 3:00 am > Subject: Light Distros > To: Ali Jawad <amjja...@ubuntu.com <mailto:amjja...@ubuntu.com>> > > > My friend, it has been way too long since I have communicated with you. > I do miss your posts and talking to you but that is a topic for another > time. In August of 2015 I assisted in creating or should I say > resurrecting a Linux User Group in Cochise County, Arizona. We > currently have 36 members and conduct monthly meetings and quarterly > Installation Festivals. Because I had a strong background with Lubuntu, > we had used that distribution for our "go to" distro when an individual > would bring in an older or "under-powered" computer for us to install a > Linux OS on. As you may be aware, the Lubuntu Team has decided to > modernize their distribution with the move away from LXDE and to LXQT. > I have downloaded and used Lubuntu 18.10 and it simply will not work > because it requires much more RAM for the user to get a good > experience. Since last October my group has been searching the "light" > Linux operating systems to find a replacement for our "go to" distro > because Lubuntu 18.04, the last version that used LXDE, will reach EOL > in April 2021. We have found that many of the people that come to us > still have older machines and we do not want to abandon them. Every > month one member has given a presentation on the OS that he has been > assigned to research, use, and critique. I have subsequently remembered > that you and your team were developing a new light OS, ToriOS and that > 1.5 had been released. Is it still actively being developed and are you > still the man to talk to? What we are looking for is an OS that will > work with older under-powered machines and is relatively easy to learn > for a Linux novice. I am wondering if ToriOS just might be that > distribution. > Rex Bouwense > Hey Ali,
I think that would be great, however there is still a bit of work to be done before we could offer a really new up to date version. *If there is anyone there that wants to help out* (building/testing) that would be extremely nice. Most of the new binary apps are ready, but there are still a few things that need work done. I have been extremely busy IRL recently, but have managed to do some stuff little by little. I actually just made a really basic calendar program (I lifted the code from fltk-dialog / flek and made my own calendar widget... it has been modified of course) So I am well on track to get things transitioned, but still have work ahead of me. -- Regards
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