On 29 Jan 2001, at 19:43, Mike Noyes wrote:
> Everyone,
> This is a first very rough draft of a long description for our project home
> page. It needs a lot of work. Any and all suggestions are welcome.
>
> ------------------- First Rough Draft ------------------------
> LEAF Project
> Is a place for current developers of the Linux Router Project to publish
> their content, and continue development. It's also a place to create new
> images and packages based various embedded Linux distributions. A list of
> embedded Linux distributions is available from:
>
> Embedded Linux Distributions Quick Reference Guide
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2760742655.html
>
> LEAF Releases
> Are easy to use embedded Linux network appliance applications for use in
> office, home, and gaming environments. Although they can be used in many
> other ways, they're primarily used as a gateway/router/firewall for private
> LANs connected to the Internet. The target device for installation is
> usually a floppy, but many other devices are supported. The recommended
> minimum hardware requirements are listed here:
> http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=1398&group_id=13751
The overall document covers most things and is pretty good;
however, I would like to shift an underlying focus implicit in your
document. Best way to show the changes is to redo the first two
paragraphs:
LEAF Project
The LEAF project is a place where developers of derivatives of the
Linux Router Project (LRP) can get together, share ideas, and in
general maintain some compatability between their distributions.
This project aims to assist LRP derivative developers, to release
LRP-derivative distributions, and otherwise help developers in
whatever way possible.
LEAF Releases
LEAF Releases are distributions that originated as spinoffs of the
Linux Router Project (LRP). The original purpose of current LEAF
versions was for firewalling and routing; some have been expanded
far beyond that to serve other uses, including system rescue or
network diagnostics.
[....cut!...]
As you may notice, these documents are NOT "distribution-
neutral" but are specific towards LRP-derivatives. I don't know
whether this is a bad thing or not, but this sort of states what I
always thought LEAF was.... maybe I just need better education?
--
David Douthitt
UNIX Systems Administrator
HP-UX, Linux, Unixware
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