[NTLUG:Discuss] An NTLUG Distro

[Wayne Walker]

On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 11:37:52AM -0500, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> Daniel Hauck wrote:
> > I just read some commentary regarding criticism and Linux.  The original
> > notion was that Linux needs more critics to keep it moving.  Another
> > person pointed out that the reason there are so many very different
> > Linux distros out there is because it is essentially "criticism applied."
> > 
> > This got me to thinking.  Chris Cox is unquestionably a really smart
> > fellow with strong views on various things.  I wouldn't think to suggest
> > this if I didn't think he was smart enough to pull it off.
> > 
> > What about an NTLUG Distro project?  It would naturally be more of an
> > exercise than something we could expect to actually catch on in the
> > wild.  But not only could it be used as a vehicle to express critical
> > views of other distros by addressing them, but could also serve as an
> > educational experience in rolling one's own distro.
> 
> You make some interesting points and the project is not really as hard
> as it sounds, just tedious.  I'll bring up one sticking point as an
> example from my perspective.
> 
> I would love to see something like this as long as it was apt based and
> not rpm based.  I fight with rpm every time I have to use it, so would
> just as soon not support any distro with rpm.

My statement was going to be exactly opposite.  Could be some serious
split on rpm vs dpkg alone

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Wayne Walker
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