Former AnduinOS (24.04) and newer AnduinOS (26.04) - with all languages - and "Butterfly"

[melodie11]

Hello Anduin,

As I had created a package with the Debian way, for the spinoff I built on top of your edition, I wonder if any of the files in there could be of use to you for your newer versions? Here is the link to the différent parts of the package : https://github.com/melodie11/Debian-Packages/tree/main/anduinos-butterfly-config

I have now moved a large part of the repositories I had in Github to port them somewhere else. This one being dependant on your work, it will stay there as long as it can be of any use for potentiel future new projets.

[Anduin2017]

Hi melodie11,

Thank you so much for sharing AnduinOS Butterfly! I took a close look at your repository, and I have to say, it's a fantastic downstream customization. You've done an excellent job tailoring the system specifically for the French environment and making the transition even smoother for Windows 11 migrants in your region.

From an architectural standpoint, however, the official AnduinOS project adheres to a strictly declarative philosophy. Because we aim for a universal baseline, we tend to avoid using imperative shell scripts in autostart to force system states (like overriding power management or locking the keyboard layout), as these can conflict with user GUI preferences and cause issues across different locales. We also strive to keep the base system entirely free of third-party PPAs to guarantee absolute stability and security. For these reasons, we won't be adopting this specific approach in the mainline.

But your ideas are absolutely brilliant, and I am definitely taking notes! You've highlighted some very real user pain points. For example, the need for libdvd-pkg for encrypted DVD playback is a great catch. Instead of using an autostart script, I will look into expanding our native OOBE (Welcome Center) to include an elegant, opt-in configuration guide for multimedia and DVD playback. I am also heavily inspired by your choice of cross-platform tools like Warpinator and Webapp-Manager, and I'll explore natively packaging them into our official repository so all users can benefit safely.

Thank you again for your passion, your hard work, and the fantastic inspiration. This kind of community dedication is exactly what makes open-source so great!

Best regards,
Anduin Xue

[melodie11]

Hello Anduin,

Thanks for your interest in my approach in solving the issues met.

I confess I am very impressed by your work, and I also know how fragile is my way of solving things.

My main remasters are more around the Openbox window manager (see https://linuxvillage.org/en), usually, and I know I will probably need to switch to labwc for a replacement, at some point. (https://labwc.github.io/)

I am very interested in continuing to follow what comes out next from your project and to test it. I see on your website, for "v2.0.1" some very exciting features, and I am so happy my ideas inspire you to transpose them into your workflow! This was the idea, when I came to share the changes done in the Butterfly remix.

I also see : "Gestion graphique de la mémoire : Ajout d'une nouvelle application préinstallée, anduinos-swapcontrol-gtk, offrant aux utilisateurs un contrôle GUI complet sur les configurations Swap, Zswap et Zram. Pour des performances optimales dès l'installation, Zram est désormais activé par défaut (50 % de la RAM via LZ4) et le paramètre swappiness par défaut est optimisé à 100. En savoir plus."

I have done a small GUI with YAD, to control start and stop Zram in non systemD distributions. (https://git.sr.ht/~joycem/Bento-antiX/tree/main/item/Zram-antiX) One thing, when using a zram swap on some computers having a nvidia GPU (with or without the proprietary driver), it can trigger a complet freeze of the computer.
Therefore, I thought you should know about it.

Thanks for your great work too and for sharing it!

Best regards,
Joyce Markoll