kawiri/README

= Kawiri =

== Description ==
	'Kawiri' is a desktop distribution for notebooks. Its purpose is to become
a very lightweight yet feature rich and eye pleasing distro.
'Kawiri' is a derived distribution, it is based on OpenSDEs' Bare Desktop
target, albeit it modifies the package selection of its ancestor, removing
heavily unneeded packages. Small size is a goal, but more than that speed is
what 'Kawiri' is after.
	
	To achieve this 'Kawiri' will go through a carefull design stage, which will
consist not only in selecting the propper kernel options, but also selecting
applications. We will try to go with the "One app for a job" philosophy,
selecting apps that do the job well, are fast and not the last are small in size.

	Right now the idea is to have gtk apps mainly, xorg, and metisse as
window manager. We will try to keep out the known memory hogs as KDE or 
Open Office.Org, and any other applications similar, but as size is just a goal
we don't want to sacrifice comfort and user friendliness for the sake of it.

	Another bold goal of 'Kawiri' is to address the hardware issues that
laptop users face today. And if that means introducing binary drivers or 
applications then so be it. We want to focus on wireless issues, PCCARD,
graphic processors and all the other "gadgets" that laptop users are "blessed"
with today.

	The goals of 'Kawiri' _are_ big, the developer comunity is _small_
yet we feel the need to address all those 'Help my laptop is not working with linux'
entries found in various forums. In most of the cases software is there, but either your
distro is not careing about that hardware, or the philosophy of the distro ( and read
here the LICENSE ) does not allow introduction of pieces of code which are not free.
Well, that is not the case with 'Kawiri' our philosophy is 'make it work', by hook or
crook.
	Last but not least 'Kawiri' is easy on the user. We strive for no config
we want stuff that works out of the box, even if you have a Vaio, a ThinkPad, or 
some other "brand" laptop.
Having a branded laptop does not mean that you have to run Windows, or at least it
should not mean that, even if your kind provider says so. We don't belive in constraints,
if you buy a TV set, do you alow the vendor to dictate the programs that you watch on it?
Why should be a laptop different?

	We hope that we can make a difference, anyway we will try our best.
	As a true 'Kawiri' we will be voracious in achieving our goals.


== The name ==
'Kawiri' is a small carnivorous marsupial native to the dry grasslands
and deserts of central Australia.
'Kawiri' It is a known voracious predator.