From 1d061909fde82249457e97ed972cf8a5dd7fd45a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eduard Lucena Date: May 19 2020 17:42:44 +0000 Subject: Adding the document I get from our folks at RH --- diff --git a/Ideas.md b/Ideas.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e4cce11 --- /dev/null +++ b/Ideas.md @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +Spin Goals +=== + +* tiling window manager by default +* convenience integrations on par with gnome spin (eg laptop buttons, network manager, etc) +* targeted at minimal computing environments +* sensible defaults + +*** + +Which wm? +- + * i3 + * i3-gaps (?) (is that still a thing?) + * xmonad + +Integrations +- + * laptop buttons + * some kind of hotkey configuration? (having to edit a text file to set keybindings is kind of a drag for novice users) + * some sort of minimal window panel + * dzen2? + * not sure what Manjaro i3 uses but it does work well and worth looking into + +Defaults +- +* terminal +* launcher + * dmenu? + * Rofi? (it's really cool!) +* gui network manager + * Yes, please! This is the biggest reason I cannot use i3 on Fedora at the moment: Setting up networking just too difficult for me; I use Manjaro i3 primarily because it comes with a minimal taskbar already configured for basic functions like sound control, network management, clipboard management, etc. +* gui audio interface +* firefox +* mousepad text editor (?) + * know it's from XFCE, but Bryan uses this on Manjaro i3 because it allows hiding of the menubar for frame-only text editing window (bliss) +* Suggestions CLI applications pre-installed + * abcde (audio extractor if people want this? It rocks) + * w3m (best-in-class CLI browsing!) + * nano (curses-based text editing) + * irssi (IRC? necessary?) + * newsboat (CLI RSS and a daily go-to for Bryan) + * midnight commander (file management at terminal—can access remote systems via SSH and SFTP) + * cmus (best CLI music manager and player!) + * moc (people tend to like this CLI music manager/player but I think cmus is better) + * wordgrinder (CLI word processor and the very best one at that) + +Design Inspirations +--- +* Current Fedora recommendations + * Fedora Magazine offers this tutorial for installing and configuring i3, but the result is fairly barebones and lacks polish; still useful however for seeing the settings and applications the author recommends +* Regolith Linux + * Seems close to Michael's vision for this Fedora spin (robust GNOME base with tiling wm on top, sane defaults, neat customizations like a launcher and color-coded desktops), but almost appears too bloated (all the GNOME software is there on fresh install) and maybe a little too resource intensive; it's simply built on Ubuntu; lots of neat little enhancement here (keybindings are custom and very straightforward, for example, in well-commented i3 config file) +* Manjaro i3 + * Much more minimal implementation; some of the defaults are questionable (Pale Moon browser? The GIMP by default?), but it's closer to the minimalistic implementation that Michael describes; built on Arch as base so pretty overwhelming to non-technical users (says this non-technical user!); uses Ranger file manager (did not like; installed midnight commander immediately) +* Gnome Material Shell + * Looks like an attempt to introduce tiling into Gnome via plugin/extension +