[Inx] Hello old friends

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

As I suggested I believe we should stick with as Vanilla a Linux as
possible.

Antergos Linux https://antergos.com allows (or did) the installation of
just a command line system.

This they say allows the user to install a Desktop Environment when they
wish.

They have no idea there are people who just want to run in console all the
time.

I say we start there as everything is compiled from scratch or built into
binaries for the standard libraries that are installed in the base system
or which are added when installing those binaries.

A really small distro is also the way to go but most have stopped
development.

Pick a minimalist distro then add the neat stuff that has been done in INX
like the  aliases and other CLI programs that were part of the fun and go
from there.

Also there is a notable blind user group that loves CLI because they don't
have to play pin the tail on the donkey with a mouse on a screen they
cannot see.  CLI is perfect for blind users and with speakup you can make
it talk.

Best wishes,

David




On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 5:48 PM, Karl Goetz <karl at kgoetz.id.au> wrote:

> On 6/2/18 22:48, Dennis Gutowski wrote:
> > Hello all, my name is Dennis. I have sent a few messages years ago
> > through this mailing list.
> >
> > I was wondering if there is possibly a revamp in the works for inx, and
> > if not, what would it take to update inx to ubuntu 16.04 or better yet
> > 18.04, which is to be released in only a few months.
> >
> > -Denny
>
> I must admit INX's 10th birthday slipped past without me noticing.
> https://launchpad.net/inx
>
>
> If anyone would like to restart development in any way, I suggest
> starting with the original code
> https://code.launchpad.net/inx
>
> I'm not sure how much information came out last time reviving INX was
> discussed but things have changed a lot in the last decade and some of
> the functionality INX relied on has become harder to use or broken
> (depending on your choice of base distribution).
>
> This group, and the 'development' list at
> https://lists.launchpad.net/inx-devel/ will both probably have clues
> which will help anyone looking to continue with INX.
>
>
> thanks,
> kk
>
>
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