On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 16:11 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Knoppix is not Debian - > > depends what you mean by "not" ;-) When the OS boots the splashscreen has the > debian spiral logo and the word debian prominently displayed > > searches for knoppix return with many references to debian > > near the top of search results for knoppix + list I find > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
'Debian' consists of the packages in main. The fundamental essence (IMHO) of main is that these are packages put together by individuals who have undergone a peer review process before getting commit rights to main. Knoppix, ubunto, libranet, gnoppix and other derivatives take snapshots of subsets of main (selecting from the stable, testing and unstable versions of the packages) and mix them with custom and 'unofficial' packages from additional sources, thereby creating a unique distribution. A derivative does not need Debian Developers, although it can have DD's involved in it's creation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
