From db59d8e1c433973054e36544cc996572e4e3084b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin W. Flory (he/him) <git@jwf.io>
Date: Oct 20 2020 18:38:44 +0000
Subject: Ideas: Initial import from i3 Spin repo


This commit imports the Ideas.md file from the Fedora-i3-Spin repo. It
converts it from Markdown to AsciiDoc, and reorganizes the content with
headings and other groupings. Some outdated information was removed.

Signed-off-by: Justin W. Flory (he/him) <git@jwf.io>

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 * xref:design-goals.adoc[Spin Design Goals]
 * xref:faq.adoc[F.A.Q.]
 * xref:meetings.adoc[Meetings]
+* xref:ideas.adoc[Spin ideas & notes]
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+= Ideas for Fedora i3 Spin
+Fedora i3 SIG <i3wm@lists.fedoraproject.org>
+:toc:
+
+This page is a loose collection of notes, ideas, and brainstorming thoughts on the Fedora i3 Spin.
+The content here may be used to create other docs pages in the future.
+For now, it is here for historical reference and convenience of SIG members.
+
+
+[[goals]]
+== Goals
+
+* i3 tiling window manager by default
+* Convenience integrations on par with Fedora Workstation (e.g. laptop buttons, network manager, etc.)
+* Targeted at low-end computing environments
+* Sensible defaults
+
+
+[[defaults]]
+== Defaults
+
+These defaults are not final.
+This section is the most recent agreed-upon packages for defaults, but they are not set in the kickstarts.
+
+* *Terminal*:
+  ??
+* *Launcher*:
+  `dmenu`
+* *GUI network manager*:
+  `network-manager-applet`
+* *GUI audio interface*:
+  `pavucontrol`
+* *Browser*:
+  `firefox`
+* *Text editor*:
+  `mousepad`
+** know it’s from XFCE, but Bryan uses this on Manjaro i3 because it allows hiding of the menubar for frame-only text editing window
+   (bliss)
+* *Pre-installed command-line applications*:
+** `abcde`:
+   audio extractor if people want this?
+   It rocks
+** `w3m`:
+   Best-in-class CLI browsing
+** `nano`:
+   Curses-based text editing
+** `irssi`:
+   IRC?
+   Necessary?
+** `newsboat`:
+   CLI RSS reader
+** `midnight-commander`:
+*** File management at terminal
+*** Access remote systems via SSH and SFTP
+** `cmus`:
+   CLI music manager and player
+** `moc`:
+   People tend to like this CLI music manager/player,but I think cmus is better.
+** `wordgrinder`:
+   CLI word processor and the very best one at that
+
+
+[[inspirations]]
+=== Design inspirations
+
+These were ideas and design inspirations contributed during the idea-gathering phase of building the Fedora i3 Spin.
+
+* Current Fedora recommendations
+** Fedora Magazine offers this tutorial for installing and configuring i3, but the result is fairly barebones and lacks polish; still useful however for seeing the settings and applications the author recommends
+* Regolith Linux
+** Seems close to Michael’s vision for this Fedora spin (robust GNOME base with tiling wm on top, sane defaults, neat customizations like a launcher and color-coded desktops), but almost appears too bloated (all the GNOME software is there on fresh install) and maybe a little too resource intensive;
+   it’s simply built on Ubuntu; lots of neat little enhancement here (keybindings are custom and very straightforward, for example, in well-commented i3 config file)
+* Manjaro i3
+** Much more minimal implementation;
+   some of the defaults are questionable (Pale Moon browser? The GIMP by default?), but it’s closer to the minimalistic implementation that Michael describes;
+   built on Arch as base so pretty overwhelming to non-technical users (says this non-technical user!);
+   uses Ranger file manager
+   (did not like; installed midnight commander immediately)
+* Gnome Material Shell
+** Looks like an attempt to introduce tiling into Gnome via plugin/extension