<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Liam Proven</b> <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 27/09/2007, C David Rigby <<a href="mailto:c.david.rigby@gmail.com">c.david.rigby@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> There is also fluxbuntu (<a href="http://fluxbuntu.org/">http://fluxbuntu.org/</a>, but site down for
<br>> migration). I took a quick look at the live CD. Not enough to really get a<br>> feel for it, but it seems to warrant further investigation. Like<br>> Ubuntu-lite, it seems to be having the usual "growing pains" in terms of a
<br>> stable web presence.<br><br>May I suggest that you don't top-quote?</blockquote><div><br>Sorry - that was a bit sloppy of me. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Sure, there /is/ Fluxbuntu, but it seems to be mainly an effort to<br>produce a version of Ubuntu for Fluxbox fans rather than anything more<br>directed or focussed.<br><br>But then, there are /many dozens/ of Ubuntu spinoffs now.
<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu-based_distributions">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu-based_distributions</a><br><br>Many don't have a particularly close or narrow focus, they're just
<br>Ubuntu for a particular perceived "market" or target audience.</blockquote><div><br>Point taken. Is it reasonable to consider starting from Debian as a base rather than Ubuntu? Are there any minimalist distros based on Debian?
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