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Written by anonym   
Jan 08, 2008 at 07:07 PM

I'm just announcing that I henceforth will drop development and active maintenance of incognito-tiny, i.e. the 50MB version using fluxbox. The larger incognito-full (with KDE) will continue on as usual. The reasons are as follows:

  • There are no suitible NetworkManager GUI:s, i.e. with few dependencies (a GTK one would be excellent).
  • Fluxbox simply isn't user-friendly enough for users with limited computer skills, i.e. the intenden audience (I expect others to be able to setup Tor etc. by themselves appropriately).
  • Business card-sized CDs (50MB) aren't that common. If people want portability compared to a full size CD, USB memory sticks are the way to go. Considering how flash memory has dropped in cost lately, most people should be able to afford one that can fit incognito-full (at approximately 350MB).
  • Maintainance and development of incognito-tiny require a lot of extra work and conciderations, especially due to the size constraints and lack of low-dep applications.
  • incognito-full seems to be much more popular so putting all energy there benefints more people.

This does not mean that it's the definite end of incognito-tiny, just that I won't add any new features to it from now on. The latest release will be available for download and I might even update it with new software packages (Tor, Firefox) occasionally, but I promise nothing. When I feel that the full Incognito version is mature enough I might pick it up again if there is any demand.

If there are any compelling reasons for me not to do this or if you feel that some of my points above are incorrect (or if you want to take over development and maintenance of incognito-tiny) please contact me.

BTW, you should expect a release of Incognito (full only, probably) sometime during the next two weeks. Sorry for the delay but it has taken me some time getting familiar with the parts earlier unknown to me after the switch of maintainer plus that I've had a lot of other things to do the last two months.