Looking for Linux distro developers, testers

[solo]

Me and murdock have been working on a project for quite awhile (since before I left MES in fact) dealing with creating a modern .NET operating system around the base GNU/Linux toolchain and standard libraries. If you're a developer who knows C# or a .NET language and are interested in the project, we'd be very interested in facilitating your tinkering.

Testers as well, because the first test release is around the corner

Website for the project / the company centered around the project: http://www.komodoware.com/

(eh, its a long shot there are any devs at MES but who knows nowadays)

[hm_murdock]

The guy needs some help... I can't code, and therefore am nothing more than an idea man.

If you can code, help.

This idea is better than all of you put together.

[worker201]

Since you guys dropped off the radar, I figured the komodo project had gone kaput.  We'll see how it goes - I'm interested in seeing if you accomplished everything you had planned.

[xyle_one]

Yeah, what's the current status?

[solo]

Heh not everything yet but it has been coming along very nicely. It's a lot of work, because the plan behind Komodo is quite large, with a lot of different areas. If you'd like to see some stuff I've been working on I update these snapshots frequently:

http://ftp://komodoware.com/snapshots

EDIT: And of course, lots more info and screenshots at:

http://www.komodoware.com/

[Orethrius]

Let me know when you need somebody to "kick the tires" as I'd be willing to subjugate a couple systems to the type of torture requisite in knocking out most of the bugs.  

[skyman8081]

This still exists!?

:-O

Wow...  I was wondering what happened to you guys.

[solo]

I feel inspired that at least MES actually remembers us

Orethrius: Thanks, when I release ISO for it there will be a lot of stuff to fix.

What happened to us: I just left MES. For awhile I posted at Erudition (now defunct) then for about a day and a half I posted at Jimmy's forums but it was already turning into a star trek thing. Then I didn't post anywhere for awhile and I lost my internet connection. Now I have it back and better than ever and I'm back at MES

PS: The komodolinux.org domain died for awhile but is back now, so during any of the time that it was up, you could've clicked the Komodo link on MES's alternative OS list

[worker201]

I was checking out the screenshots, and you seem to have some things going.  I gotta admit, I think some of those dock icons are kinda limp.  That one for the gimp, for example, is way childish looking.  Of course icons can be customized and all that.  But I think a little more serious look might reflect better on your project.  First impressions are important, after all.

[solo]

Those icons were scrounged up, quite literally. The icons are in full SVG (it wont use PNGs etc right now) and it was hard to find SVG icons for the apps. You'll notice some of the icons have little scribbles in the corner where the SVG artists put their signature.

[hm_murdock]

A pixel artist is just one of many positions needed!

[worker201]

I thought those squiggles were some weird part of the interface.  My bad.

So, if I were to create an svg of the normal gimp logo, that would be appreciated?  Is that legal?  I would probably use Illustrator on the Mac, since inkscape is kinda beta.

[solo]

Any efforts are appreciated, although there are many SVG icon themes which I could look in to find a good one. As for legality, I don't think there will be a problem as every icon theme comes with it's own rendering of it.

[Kintaro]

This sounds like exactly the type of thing I have been waiting to happen/planning. That is great news.

I will take part as much as possible, I know C#, just not very well. I could get back into it for something this awesome.

[worker201]

Bad news:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/Komodo/

Somebody has already taken the name Komodo and associated it with a $300 price tag.  And their logo is awesome, even if they don't display it properly on the website.