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Life isn't fair. All distro's arent created equal. Some are boring , others not as configurable as we want. Life isn't fair. All not all distro's are created equal. Some are boring, others not as configurable as we want.
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Elbuntu is a project towards that goal. Elbuntu is a project aiming towards that goal.
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''DISCLAIMER'':  ''DISCLAIMER'':
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1) Elbuntu packages must be considered beta quality software. As of now, they are neither devloped , maintained or supported by the Ubuntu developers or packagers ( [https://wiki.ubuntu.com MOTU]'s ).

2) Elbuntu is NOT an official Ubuntu project yet.

3) Elbuntu IS stable enough to considered for beta use.
 1. Elbuntu packages must be considered beta quality software. As of now, they are neither developed , maintained or supported by the Ubuntu developers or packagers ( [https://wiki.ubuntu.com MOTU]'s ).
 1. Elbuntu is NOT an official Ubuntu project yet.
 1. Elbuntu IS stable enough to considered for beta use.
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To go towards making a live cd, E17 packages have been uploaded at [http://e17.sos-sts.com]. This is a mirror of the enlightenment repo for ubuntu available at [http://edevelop.org/~lut1n]. Please read the installing section on how to install E17 to your current Ubuntu installation.

 As a step in making a live cd, E17 packages have been uploaded at [http://e17.sos-sts.com]. This is a mirror of the enlightenment repository for Ubuntu available at [http://edevelop.org/~lut1n]. Please read the installing section on how to install E17 in your current Ubuntu installation.
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Quite a lot / Not much yet. Depends on your point of view
The package files are ready. It's working here without any major hiccups		 Quite a lot / not much yet. It depends on your point of view.
The package files are ready. It's working for us without any major problems.
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'''#elbuntu ''' on irc.freenode.net is our IRC channel now. Please discuss everything there '''#elbuntu ''' on irc.freenode.net is our IRC channel now. Please discuss everything there.
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1) [http://e17blog.tuxfamily.org] : the blog for E17 Ubuntu repository and for Ebuntu

2) Our own mailing lists. 		 1. [http://e17blog.tuxfamily.org] : the blog for E17 Ubuntu repository and for Ebuntu.
 1. Our own mailing lists.
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The Elbuntu project has two repositories:
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The E17 packages can be downloaded from those repo  1. [http://e17.sos-sts.com Paris/France]
 1. [http://edevelop.org/~lut1n edevelop.org Enlightenment repo]
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1) [http://e17.sos-sts.com Paris/France] The E17 packages can be downloaded from these repositories. An Elbuntu alpha ISO is also available. Ask us on IRC or mail if you want to help with testing it.
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2) [http://edevelop.org/~lut1n edevelop.org Enlightenment repo]

Presently, Elbuntu alpha iso is available.
Ask us on IRC or mail for testing it.

You can download from either of these locations.

For installation instructions, read below.

 For installation instructions, please keep reading!
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1) Add one of this line to your sources.list :		  1. Add one of this line to your sources.list :
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2) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install e17

3) Hopefully, E17 should be setup on your system
  1. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install e17
 1. Hopefully, E17 should be setup on your system
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+Elbuntu has E17 compiled from CVS with generous options.  * +Elbuntu has E17 compiled from CVS with generous options.
 * +Enna, an EFL-based HTPC program (beta phase)
 * +All the E17 based software
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+Enna, an EFL-based HTPC program (beta phase)

+All the E17 based software
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-GNOME Desktop Environment  * -GNOME Desktop Environment
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*Replace GDM with Entrance

(*Replace gksudo by empower)

*Provide a bunch of EFL-based apps for some common tasks (such as cd ripper, pics viewer ...)		  *Replace GDM with Entrance
 *(Replace gksudo by empower)
 *Provide a bunch of EFL-based apps for some common tasks (such as cd ripper, pics viewer ...)
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1) The non GUI part , the core and the the X server are EXACTLY the same as Ubuntu 6.10 , thus making it a Ubuntu sister distro

2) Ebuntu can be "converted" into Ubuntu by a simple "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop". Same holds true for Kubuntu, Edubuntu & Xubuntu.		  1. The non GUI part , the core and the the X server are EXACTLY the same as Ubuntu 6.10 , thus making it a Ubuntu sister distro
 1. Ebuntu can be "converted" into Ubuntu by a simple "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop". Same holds true for Kubuntu, Edubuntu & Xubuntu.
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 1) People to help with the artwork and the theming.

 2) Some people who have experience with debian packages

 3) MIRRORS

 4) Beta test user
  1. People to help with the artwork and the theming.
 1. Some people who have experience with debian packages
 1. MIRRORS
 1. Beta test user
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Elbuntu

Elbuntu Packages are ready for download and testing!. Please read the "Installing" section below

Introduction

Life isn't fair. All not all distro's are created equal. Some are boring, others not as configurable as we want. Then we have Enlightenment, the window manager for the rest of us.

So why not have the eye-candy and configurability of Enlightenment, with the clean and beautiful design of Ubuntu Linux?

Elbuntu is a project aiming towards that goal.

  • DISCLAIMER:

  • Elbuntu packages must be considered beta quality software. As of now, they are neither developed , maintained or supported by the Ubuntu developers or packagers ( [https://wiki.ubuntu.com MOTU]'s ).

  • Elbuntu is NOT an official Ubuntu project yet.
  • Elbuntu IS stable enough to considered for beta use.

Objective

The objective of the Elbuntu community project is to provide the maximum eye candy for the end-user using the enlightenment window manager and the related libraries.

The initial plan is to provide E17 on a live/install cd (derived from the Ubuntu LiveCD). As a step in making a live cd, E17 packages have been uploaded at [http://e17.sos-sts.com]. This is a mirror of the enlightenment repository for Ubuntu available at [http://edevelop.org/~lut1n]. Please read the installing section on how to install E17 in your current Ubuntu installation.

Ebuntu aims to provide an enhanced and attractive user-interface. The secondary aim of Elbuntu is to show off the eye-candy capabilites of the linux operating system in general and Ubuntu in particular

What has been done till now

Quite a lot / not much yet. It depends on your point of view. The package files are ready. It's working for us without any major problems.

We have a mailing list at e17@lists.tuxfamily.org

#elbuntu on irc.freenode.net is our IRC channel now. Please discuss everything there.

Coming soon

  1. [http://e17blog.tuxfamily.org] : the blog for E17 Ubuntu repository and for Ebuntu.

  2. Our own mailing lists.

Downloading

The Elbuntu project has two repositories:

  1. [http://e17.sos-sts.com Paris/France]

  2. [http://edevelop.org/~lut1n edevelop.org Enlightenment repo]

The E17 packages can be downloaded from these repositories. An Elbuntu alpha ISO is also available. Ask us on IRC or mail if you want to help with testing it.

For installation instructions, please keep reading!

Installing

For installation of E17 on Elbuntu, just do :

  1. Add one of this line to your sources.list :

  2. deb http://edevelop.org/~lut1n/ubuntu edgy e17

  3. deb http://e17.sos-sts.com edgy e17

(those repos are also available for dapper, just replace edgy by dapper)

  1. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install e17

  2. Hopefully, E17 should be setup on your system

NOTE: The same packages can be used to build an E17 live cd. I am in the process of doing it now.

It will be possible to install Elbuntu to hard drive.

What's Added

  • +Elbuntu has E17 compiled from CVS with generous options.
  • +Enna, an EFL-based HTPC program (beta phase)
  • +All the E17 based software

What's been removed

  • -GNOME Desktop Environment

What we want to do

  • Replace GDM with Entrance
  • (Replace gksudo by empower)
  • Provide a bunch of EFL-based apps for some common tasks (such as cd ripper, pics viewer ...)

NOTE:

  1. The non GUI part , the core and the the X server are EXACTLY the same as Ubuntu 6.10 , thus making it a Ubuntu sister distro

  2. Ebuntu can be "converted" into Ubuntu by a simple "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop". Same holds true for Kubuntu, Edubuntu & Xubuntu.

Artwork

Logo, Usplash, gdm theme, wallpapers, etc.

REQUIRED: People to help with the artwork and the theming.

Documentation

You can take a look at [http://e17blog.tuxfamily.org (French and english version)]

Contributing

REQUIRED:

  1. People to help with the artwork and the theming.
  2. Some people who have experience with debian packages
  3. MIRRORS
  4. Beta test user

This distro is just starting. Any sort of help is welcome

TODO:

For some idea or request, please contact e17@lists.tuxfamily.org, maxenced@ubuntu.com (Maxence DUNNEWIND), or fill a bug at https://launchpad.net/products/ebuntu

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