It would be less work for the administrator to set up a working ThinLinc system if we could present them with a minimal built-in desktop profile. In the installation process of ThinLinc, we offer to install all requirements/dependencies for ThinLinc to run. This is nice and all, but it won't render a minimal system into a usable state. Given that a minimal installation will (most likely) not include a desktop environment, ThinLinc will just say "No available profiles found" even though tl-setup has installed all requirements. In other words, not usable by default. This problem isn't limited to minimal distribution installations - it's also valid for distributions that use esoteric or uncommon window managers/desktop environments that we haven't got ready-made profiles for. Why Openbox? For starters, we're already building and shipping it for tl-single-app. It's also a fairly small and lightweight window manager, which will work well with ThinLinc. If other window managers/desktop environments show similar benefits, I'm all for considering them as alternatives. The "it's code we're already shipping" argument for Openbox is carrying lots of weight for me.
This is outside the scope of what ThinLinc is supposed to be. Closing.
