Slender Man
Big Time Boomer
And then I just chundered, everywhere.
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Post by Slender Man on Jul 31, 2012 7:49:14 GMT
I don't know if anyone on here is a Linux user, but myself and 2 others have been working on a Linux OS now for some time and are approaching the release of our 3rd version of the OS, ProxLinux 3. We're trying to raise awareness of our OS as much as possible, as it already has a small base of fans and users, so I'm just gonna drop a few links here. My role in the whole thing is the Head Graphic Designer and I also manage our public and staff forums. So yeah, just gonna drop a few links here for anyone who might be interested. Our main site. www.proxlinux.co.uk/The Facebook page www.facebook.com/proxlinuxThe public forum (Not very alive to be honest) forum.proxlinux.co.uk/Any interest at all is appreciated, even if it doesn't lead to installing the OS itself, but that would be nice  |
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Post by Tom J on Jul 31, 2012 8:47:13 GMT
"more stable than ever" doesn't fill me with confidence. Also, "Read the ProxLinux 2.2 Release Annoncement!"
Otherwise I'm not too crazy about having a new OS on here, and the site's not doing a good job if it wants to bring in noobs like me who've no idea what they're doing :T
edit: moreover I can't make out why, if I was getting my linux on, I would opt for this over any other version or "distro" or whatever they're called >_>
I did spot what I figure is a poor design decision right off though: the taskbar bit at the bottom doesn't cover the full screen width, leaving useless gaps either side. Unless those are like places for maximised windows to fit some extra buttons or something, s'not a good idea.
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Post by Balls on Jul 31, 2012 11:30:26 GMT
Making your own OS is definitely a gay idea but I'll download it anyway because I DON'T KNOW HOW TO QUIT YOU
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Post by Alex on Jul 31, 2012 11:37:11 GMT
So it's Ubuntu with LXDE? Why not just use Mint? (And what has this got to do with games, short of another outlet to play Tux Kart on for 5 seconds?...) |
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Post by Balls on Jul 31, 2012 11:52:16 GMT
'Cause they felt like making their own. Which is more than I can do. Whether or not it's able to compete with already existing OSs, it's still an impressive feat.
Plus, all this kind of stuff is always a work in progress, so it might end up as something completely different from Mint and gain its own niche.
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Post by Alex on Jul 31, 2012 12:03:50 GMT
Not if it's just another Ubuntu clone it won't... It's one thing to develop your own distro on top of the basic Linux Kernel, but there are a a billion and two forks of Ubuntu and half as many for Debian itself. This is honestly no more original than creating a recolour fan character.
Not to put down the work itself as it's undoubtedly a great learning process... but that doesn't really mean it's got any chance at all of competing against larger, established projects that already do the exact same thing. Seems a bit out of place, really, to be hocking it around as such.
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Slender Man
Big Time Boomer
And then I just chundered, everywhere.
Posts: 347
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Post by Slender Man on Jul 31, 2012 19:18:31 GMT
If I'm honest guys, I haven't used any Linux distro in years since I got Windows 7, I only used it before so I didn't have to use Vista, because it done my [censored]ing head in.
I haven't taken anything to do with the building of the distro itself, I've just provided some images for it.
In terms of what the actual OS itself is, it's Lubuntu stripped down even further to the basics to make it very lightweight, and my friend programmed his own right-click menu system (Different than Fluxbox's right-click menu)
"More stable than ever" refers to version 2.2 in particular, since we had some bugs in the v 2.0 release, but they were stamped out quickly, mainly due to the tint2 panel, since it's a mothballed project.
As for not standing out against other linux projects, we've managed to earn our own place on Fernhill Linux and our OS was accepted into Distrowatch.
We're also being sponsored and some kind fellow has donated a dedicated server for us to host our ISO's, our site and our forum on.
And the reason this is in the Arcade Zone is because my reckoning was it comes under computer stuff, I couldn't really think of a better place to post it.
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Slender Man
Big Time Boomer
And then I just chundered, everywhere.
Posts: 347
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Post by Slender Man on Aug 6, 2012 7:40:45 GMT
Double post. Update!
Our OS is now available on Softpedia for download, and a small, local, independent business has sponsored us, and given as another server to host on, hurrah! \o/ ;D
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