[NTLUG:Discuss] AN APOLOGY to NTLUG...

[Terry]

On 1/3/06, Robert Pearson <e2eiod at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/3/06, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 1/3/06, David Mandala <davidm at them.com> wrote:
> > > I was involved in the early efforts to have a single community
> > > standard. A single community standard would have been far more valuable
> > > to the Linux communitly in general.
> > > ...[snip]...
> > > To not recognise these issues when talking about RedHat is to do a
> > > disservice to certifications and to the LSB standard efforts.
>
> > Just because RedHat has found a business plan that is lucrative is not
> > something we should not hold against them and I for one applaud them.
> > ...[snip]...
>
> In the "Best of all Possible Worlds" there would be a community standard,
> which could vary from community to community, with "specialization"
> extensions for specific Communities of Interest (COI). Like Redhat or
> possible SuSE or others.
> We didn't get this with Windows because Microsoft chose the closed,
> proprietary business model. Many companies choose this model.
> They feel it gives them a competitive advantage.
>
> Having given the premise the objective is "How do we deliver the
> community based Linux standard?". One way to do this currently is
> through the Linux User Groups (like NTLUG) in co-operation with
> vendors, and others, who are supporting Open Source initiatives.
>
> An "and others" key working relationship would be with recognized,
> established, local educational facilities that support Open Source
> initiatives.
> For example, San Antonio College (SAC)
> <<http://www.accd.edu/sac/sacmain/sac.htm>>
> supports "Linux from Scratch (LFS)" at
> <<http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/>>
> and SATLUG (San Antonio Linux Users Group)
>
> How many people support "Linux from Scratch (LFS)"?
> Is LFS a good standard to start with and base anything from?
>

Wow - that's interesting. I'll bet the SATLUG and SAC folks are pretty
sharp.  I've not tried to build a LFS system but should be a very good
learning experience.  (You're bound to know where all the "nuts &
bolts" go if you build it all from scratch.)
I've really wanted to try LFS for some time now, ...maybe I will soon.
I'll bet it'd be a fun project.
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