==== livarp 0.4 - the WMs testing machine ====

livarp is a 100% free Debian Wheezy based distro.
his main goal is to make you (re)discover alternative window managers
with preconfigured and documented sessions.

http://arpinux.org/livarp

== 12 wm's inside ==
 - dvtm: tty tiling manager
 - vtwm: virtual tabbed window manager: the original
 - dwm: the classic tiling
 - dwm_reloaded*: a highly patched release of dwm
 - wmfs²*: highly configurable tiling
 - awesome: the powerfull tiling
 - ratpoison: the frame tiling
 - spectrwm: the minimal tiling
 - evilwm: the minimal stacking
 - fluxbox: graphical box-like
 - openbox: xml box-like (default session)
 - pekwm: unique stacking/tabbing/floating wm

== apps ==
 - shell: bash/zsh(default)
 - terminal: xterm, rxvt-unicode-256color, screen
 - edit & office: vim, geany, evince, zim(option), abiword/gnumeric(option), libreoffice(option)
 - file managers: ranger, rox-filer, midnight_commander
 - menus & panels: fbpanel*, tint2, ratmenu, dmenu, lxpanel
 - infos & monitoring: htop, ncdu, hardinfo, conky, xosview
 - web browsers: firefox & links2
 - mail client: claws-mail
 - irc & tchat: weechat, pidgin(option)
 - torrent: transmission-gtk
 - ftp: filezilla
 - graphics: gthumb, feh, nitrogen, gcolor2, scrot, gimp-agave-inkscape-xsane(option), cups(option)
 - tools: dzen2*, xcolorsel, x11-apps, xdotool, xfonts-terminus, ccze, xosview, catfish, pyrenamer
 - misc: calcurse, fbxkb, most, curl, bc, libnotify-bin
 - user interface: lxappearance, dmz-cursor-theme, murrine-themes, xcompmgr, arandr
 - multimedia: mocp, gnome-mplayer, xfburn, oggconvert, winff
 - archives: file-roller(gui), unrar-free, dtrx(cli) & extract bash-funtion
 - power: upower, xscreensaver, acpi, laptop-detect-xfce-power-manager(option)
 - filesystems: gparted, dosfstools, ntfs-3g, mtools, ntfsprogs
 - admin: gksu, synaptic, apt-show-versions, gdebi
 - firewall: iptables user script
 - network: wpasupplicant, wireless-tools, network-manager-gnome, network-manager-openvpn-gnome, network-manager-vpnc-gnome, pppoeconf
 - auto-mounting by udisks-glue and dzen2

 *added from git/svn sources

== Changelog ==

 - latest liquorix kernel
 - no more "contrib & non-free" archives (but available on clickmes)
 - linux-libre kernel available after install
 - iso-hybrid format
 - text-install only (who need a graphical intall process...)
 - zsh as default shell
 - clickmes : some scripts to install 'softwares-packs':
    - graphics complete suite : gimp, agave, inkscape, xsane, imagemagick and comix
    - power-pack : xfce4-power-manager, laptop-detect
    - office suite (light or full) : libreoffice, abiword, gnumeric &/or zim
    - printing support
    - ssh server&client
    - dev-pack : git, build-essential, debhelper...
    - flashplugin-nonfree and deb-multimedia archives

 - Droid Sans Mono as default font
 - grandr replaced by arandr
 - brasero replaced by xfburn
 - gpicview replaced by gthumb

 - basic firewall added handled by iptables

 - calcurse, oggconvert, winff light encoder, fslint & vrms  added

 - firefox as default web-browser (luakit removed)
 - gthumb as default image viewer

 - compiz-session removed
 - compiz-deskmenu removed
 - echinus-session removed
 - zenity removed (dialogs handled by fbpanel, ratmenu, dmenu or scripts)
 - conky-switcher removed (as there are enough conky inside livarp)
 - tabdock removed

 - openbox, ratpoison and spectrwm sessions added
 - new AwesomeWM config (by Aphelion)
 - new dark-theme, mix of livarp-dark-theme Boje by nale12 & DieHard4 by obscurant (thx)
 - Boje suite and other themes, curtesy of nale12 <http://nale12.deviantart.com> (big thx to him)

== installation ==
livarp_0.4 is available on iso-hybrid format. it can be used :
 - on cd: just burn it
 - on usbdisk with dd command:
        'sudo dd if=livarp_0.4.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M;sync'

== documentation ==
 - livarp included a complete off-line & on-line wiki
 - livarp is available in french or english releases