(19-07-2014, 11:44 AM)sodaphish Wrote: That said, I've often thought that the Linux world would contribute from a single "main-line" distro with different package management systems and packages for the variable bits and pieces, including themes and the like. Likewise, if making packages weren't such an epic pain in the ass (for things like what I'm about to suggest) more people could create a package for their setup. E.g. the theme, wm config files, all the other stuff you mention above. I know the FHS aims to achieve this to some extent, but SuSE is still a pack of retards, and there are others that don't always play nice either.

A lot of systems have packages that look very easy to make. Go ask z3bra about crux, that doesn't look too difficult, and yrmt has written an entire blog post on pkgsrc. I also think baking the configs into the packages is counter-intuitive myself, as it's harder to take apart a package, edit, and repackage every time than just having the package provide a binary and a config file.

As far as contributions go, there's a lot to add to the designs and the like without having to write any actual code. As I don't know python myself, I'll probably end up sticking towards this side more. I'll also be happy to actually do the writing about the things that can be riced as well.