is it going to only have stock gnome or also other de's like xfce, cinnamon, etc?
#Xfce Spin for lower end devices
civic zinc
A lot of info is in #1037058089779744809
coral turtle
Xfce or Mate?
forest crescent
jade elk
Thanks
main wing
why'd you want vanilla mate or xfce they both look outdated, better use linux mint mate/xfce or zorin
pulsar harbor
why'd you want vanilla mate or xfce they both look outdated, better use linux mi...
they "look outdated" is a bit general, both of those have theming
many prefer them for there workflow
although tbf i dont think xfce is any more performent than kde
civic zinc
although tbf i dont think xfce is any more performent than kde
Kde optimized plasma for once some time ago and it's (almost) as fast as xfce now
pulsar harbor
Kde optimized plasma for once some time ago and it's (almost) as fast as xfce no...
It's almost as fast while having significantly more features in their os and default apps
jade elk
Kde optimized plasma for once some time ago and it's (almost) as fast as xfce no...
An example is big linux, based on manjaro with highly customized kde only uses 500-700mb of ram
opal haven
I don't see the need to burden the devs when extra spins. It's very easy to install additional preferred desktops on Ubuntu and reboot. Fans of those can create spins if preferred once this one is on solid footing.
fair yacht
With the VOS Core edition coming out, this seems like it could be possible. I really like XFCE as a desktop or even Cinnamon, so this could be possible again. https://vanillaos.org/2023/02/03/vanilla-os-core.html
the only problem would be that someone would need to rewrite the VOS apps in GTK3
halcyon bolt
I think that kde edition will be the go to for low end machine. Latest iteration are on par if not lighter then xfce
fair yacht
I still like XFCE for lower end machines, since it uses GTK while KDE uses QT. It would be nice to still have an XFCE variant for those on lower end machines who want a more GTK centric experience.
halcyon bolt
I wasn't ditching the idea for an XFCE spin, to everyone is own, just saying that the first programmed spin will be KDE and that will already be very good to fulfill the low end need. From there whatever other spin will be born will be very welcome I think
main pier
I would be in favor of xfce too because I got the habbit of it. But I'm more curious about the Vanilla OS Core version, it's still based on Ubuntu?
fair yacht
Yes. It's essentially a minimal install with no graphical environment