DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: DSL - lite

I will speak from the perspective of a clueless user.  

Wouldn't a simple way to calm the apps debate be to provide scripts in the menu to easily install a few of the popular apps. I don't necessarily mean Openoffice but smaller ones such as Abiword and Firefox. I think Cbagger already has a script in the forum for Synaptic all the way to adding an icon to the desktop. I know it's easy for me to say "simple".

Do scripts take up a lot of space? There is already something similar in DSL for Mozilla I believe.

I understand that a distro called Kurumin has this feature using "Magic Icons". I haven't tried it because it is in Portuguese.

Something like this may be out of the scope for DSL......just a thought.

Chris

Sorry Davide,
What we are actually discussing is not really DSL.
More like fantasy football, what our dream mini distro would be

DSL was designed for the mini CD with it's 50mb limit and even the hard disk install is a secondary consideration.
Like many others I'm impressed by the versatility it gives to old equipment, but it's only human to want more!

At work I have to deal with loads of word docs, teds no use so Open Off would be handy for me.......
I also do some web mastering so simple graphic & camera progs would be a bonus as I could resize & change my photos etc..

No I don't want knoppix with all that bloat, or Mandrake.
If I want a mature distro I'd go with slack every time but have you looked at what the full install of one of thes distros takes, three CD's of mostly garbage. I haven't the time or inclination to strip one down

Once you use a system for any length of time you find you that it's a very small number of programs you use regularly.

DSL and its clones are truly excellent at what they do, but the bottom line in linux is that you roll your own and I'd rather start with small and work up

.......just a thought

Should add I've done the hard disk install with firefox, java, Open Office and the Gimp installed.
Dillo, emelfm, and Ted removed.

Now what shall I call it ?  

Quote (hasty @ Mar. 12 2004,06:29)

Now what shall I call it ?

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Sorry can't resist dreadful puns <hangs head in shame an shuffles away muttering..........>