On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Barrett Gay wrote:
> I have been using E-Smith for quite some time now and have always
> thought it to be a very good product.
I'm glad that you like it.
> Recently the demand for a 2.4 kernel and a journaling filesystem has
> lead to the creation of a new project know as aXon.
Forking the project seems to be rather an extreme step to take if all you
want that's different is a 2.4 kernel and a journaling filesystem.
> aXon is a distribution based off of E-smith that features a 2.4.8
> kernel with SGI XFS and FreeSwan IPSEC VPN support. aXon is currently
> under heavy development and we need support.
Indeed, you'll be very busy.
> If you would like to a contribute or make a suggestion, please visit
> http://www.axonlinux.org. We are currently trying to organize a
> developer list and get to work.
If you are interested in preventing divergence of your project and ours,
then it might be a good idea for all developers to stay here on this list.
> We should be releasing a preview version this week.
I'll be very interested to take a look. And I wish you luck.
Have you read "Homesteading the Noosphere", by Eric Raymond? I'd recommend
that you do (although hearing Eric give the talk in person is an even
better idea):
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/homesteading/
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