----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February 6, 2003 11:52 am Subject: new clug Distro
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm sorta new to linux, I know a bit about linux, I know hot to > compilesource, and a few other, things, I'd like to help you crate > a new > distro, I mean why stick a distro that just stays on a CD-ROM, > when you > and I (and others hopefully) could create a new distro for CLUG, my > computer specs are 1.5 GHz 256 MB DDR RAM. please reply and let me > know,I'm excited about this idea. Hi Jeff, Having done what you suggested already with MaxOS, and Firewall. I can attest to just how brutal an undertaking it is. Building a distro is a grueling, thankless undertaking. Maintaining it only compounds the matter. With regard to the promotional CLUG modified version of Debian Knoppix that I now seem to be maintaining, you should know that it has utilities to have it permanently installed on your hdd already making it one of the most comprehensive Linux distros of the day. To know KNOPPIX is to love KNOPPIX. As such there is a number of things I would like to contribute to KNOPPIX, not the least of which is a new and improved ui installer for KNOPPIX which could install a number of other very popular distros visa vi a network install. For example there is no reason we could not invoke the RH Anaconda installer and perform a network install, or for that matter Slackware, etc, etc... As such I think you could glean a substantial amount of knowledge working with us and congratulate you for stepping to the plate.. I will vollunteer to hold a introductory ./lecture/tutorial/workshop on KNOPPIX ./use/construction if anybody is interested in contributing to the CLUGG variant. All the best, Dan
