On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 12:55:32PM -0700, Bob Miller wrote: > Ben Barrett wrote: > > > I really like the idea of helping CRRC with a custom distro and/or linux > > training. > > Training, yes, definitely. > > Custom distro, I'm not convinced. How are we, in our spare time, > going to produce something better than the many groups who're already > doing this full time? How are we, in our spare time, going to provide > timely security patches 20 times a week like Debian, Redhat, Gentoo, > and the other majors do?
It's worth pointing out that most of the distributions out there are Debians and Rehats that have been tweaked in some small way. At this point Ubuntu is several distributions all on its own based on what packages are installed by default. DSL with a few more or different packages than DSL normally comes with might be ideal. Personally, I am kind of liking the sound of Xubuntu myself, but I'm a pretty big fan of XFCE4 which seems very clean and effective aside from some bad habits taken from Gnome in the whole you-don't-need-that vein, but I like simple interfaces that just work. > If CRRC had local customization needs -- a CRRC logo on the login > screen or Eugene Metro WiFi preconfigured or something, I'd > understand. But I'm not seeing it otherwise. > > We can also add value by helping CRRC select from the 369 > distributions available* or streamline the install process > with a local package cache. > > * distrowatch.com -- active distributions, 6/6/2006 > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
