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launchpad-pwaring
January 18th, 2015, 10:47 AM
The Fluxbuntu project appears to have been dead for some time (several years) and I'd like to get it up and running to provide an alternative for users like myself who want a very low footprint desktop and prefer one of the *box environments to GNOME, KDE etc.

The reasons I suspect the project is dead are:



All of the links on DistroWatch (http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fluxbuntu) (wiki, community, main website) are down and have been for some time.
There's no activity on the #fluxbuntu IRC channel.
There are open bugs (e.g. 663671 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/fluxbuntu-project/+bug/663671)) dating back several years with no activity (although occasionally someone does chip in, but never the main maintainer).
I've tried contacting the original maintainer and the team through Launchpad but I've never got a reply.


If I wanted to restart the project without the original maintainer (though I'd love to have their involvement if they're available), what is the best way to go about doing this? I'd also like to get at least a couple of other people involved if anyone is interested.

sudodus
January 19th, 2015, 02:03 PM
Welcome to the Ubuntu Forums :-)

I don't know about the Fluxbuntu project (maybe I'm too new here). But I know there are people who are interested in other window managers, openbox and jwm. And I have tried fluxbox (installed into a mini system made with Ubuntu mini.iso or OBI-9w). See these links

- openbox - vasa1 - Guide to using Openbox session in Lubuntu (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2173126)

- jwm - ToriOS under development, soon reaching beta - http://torios.org/

- fluxbox - OBI-9w - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/9w, with RAM & disk_usage (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/9w/RAM_%26_disk_usage) for a basic fluxbox system