On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:35:40 -0800 (PST) Jonathan Charnas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > I'm no expert about this, but I really like the idea. I was hoping to > switch distros myself sometime soon (soon meaning within 4 months). > As a mandrake user, I can tell you what I like and what I don't like: > Likes: > ease of installation > frequent updates, whether security or just new version of a program > urpmi tool (kinda like apt, but different, they have a gui for it too) > ease to install E > > Dislikes: > configuration tools not really adequate for non newbie users > difficulty to install new programs through rpms ( always have to be > <blabla>.ix86.mdk.rpm, not any rpm, their names and deps are different) > > sometimes hard to compile programs because libs in path have a version # > to it, have to make simlinks to have a correct compile. > > rpm based distro. > > > All this to say that I would personally love see a distro of the same kind > as gentoo, only a little easier to install (presets for various machines > or hardware for instance). If I hadn't run into so many difficulties > trying to install gentoo the first time, I would keep running it. The > thing with gentoo is it installs only what you need, and compiled for your > needs. In my opinion it's the best idea. What could make it easier would > be a text configuration utility that asks for your hardware and sets the > best options automatically and starts compiling the base programs on its > own. > In short a mix of gentoo and mandrake would be perfect. I don't know if > it's feasible, and many of Mdk's configuration programs might be non > open-source, which might be a little tricky in case of inclusion in a new > distro. > > And for a name, how about "En-tux" ? > > Hoping for some actions to happen and contributions to give to this > project soon, well the real question is - will this actually become a project. i know i've bitched about sysv init for years - i just haven't sat down and had the time to fix it. i have enough on my plate these days. if i was paid to do all this i probably would get to it, but i'm not, so this is definitely looking for interested parties who have experience and know-how who agree on what to do - if they are willing to dedicate themselves? i don't think this is a project to go compete with a major dist - it's a LOT of dedicated work to do that. u need a different angle to make it even vaguely worth your while. i know kainx maintains vermillion and thats a tonne of work. there's spanky and he works on gentoo packages and others on debian - i dont say any of these are bad, but they dont address a lot of issues and likely wont. i personally am not font of politics and so i wouldn't even dream of trying to change an existing dist to address those as i see a political battlefield in all this. anyway - so importantly - are there enough people willing to be dedicated to this? -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 熊耳 - 車君 (数田) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
