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1.1       wiki        1: This is a page to track the status and provide details about the "light-desktop" environment and meta-package.  This is a near identical reproduction of the Lubuntu desktop interface. ``*[It] uses the minimal desktop LXDE, and a selection of light applications. We focus on speed and energy-efficiency. Because of this, [it] has very low hardware requirements.*'' The goal is to provide a consistent, standard desktop that is tuned for NetBSD and supported and maintained by NetBSD. Lubuntu's desktop was chosen because:
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                      3: - It works for a known audience. (Ubuntu's popularity contest shows 16037 installations and 2779 very recent uses.)
                      4: - It is a simpler case than maintaining Gnome, KDE, or XFce.
                      5: - It is considered "lightweight" versus more popular alternatives.
1.2       wiki        6: - By using outsider's choices it alleviates bikesheds. Let's stay with this decision for at least six months. (No bikeshedding until mid-November 2012.)
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                      8: The two main packages in pkgsrc-wip include:
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                     10: * netbsd-light-desktop-default-settings -- this provides NetBSD-themed default configurations and startup script
                     11: * light-desktop -- meta-package to bring in the entire environment
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                     13: The main components:
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                     15: * lxsession -- LXDE session manager and Xsettings daemon
                     16: * lxpanel -- menu, taskbar launcher, and notification area.
                     17: * openbox -- window manager
                     18: * pcmanfm -- file manager that also manages icons on desktop
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                     20: The meta-package has many dependencies even though it is called "light". It uses cups, foomatic-filters, dbus, abiword, dejavu-ttf, liberation-ttf, elementary-icon-theme, leafpad, xpad, audacious, gnome-system-tools (no GNOME libraries), evince, file-roller, gnumeric, galculator, scrot, pidgin, and many other packages. It is a complete, usable operating system.
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                     22: Note that some features of Lubuntu are Linux specific and so NetBSD alternatives are needed.
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1.3       wiki       24: The desktop is currently in use and is basically usable. For basic usage steps, see here: [[light-desktop-usage]]
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1.4     ! wiki       26: The lists of work to do and bugs is here: [[light-desktop-TODO]]