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Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 23:50:34 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Kendall G. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Art distribution
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Jason, et. al.:
I think this has the makings of a great idea. I'd like to volunteer the online
services of the North Texas Linux Users Group (http://www.ntlug.org/) to help
out with this if it gets that far: mailing list, ftp site, web space, etc.
I think you could do pretty good by basing it on either Red Hat or Debian--to
get the maximum ease-of-use from their package management--and then just
customizing the out-of-box packages toward creative things: graphics, massive
TeX stuff, music, etc. Basically all the things we've been talking about on
this list. Perhaps include Enlightenment WM when it gets more stable or even
KDE, I've heard it's advancing rapidly.
You could shoot for this as a 1.0 release; later on you could move toward one
of the 'make linux simpler' projects going on.
Just some thoughts.
Best,
Kendall G. Clark, President
NTLUG
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Jason Jackson wrote:
>I have decided to work on making an Art-centric Distribution of linux.
>It would be something that would be very useful for the magazine idea, as
>well as for general access.
>
>Anyway, I ordered a linux 5 pack a couple of days ago, that comes with 5
>of the major distributions, I will play around with them and try and
>determine which I feel is the easiest to use for new users, to use as a
>base.
>
>The reason I'm telling you all this is, I need your input. ;)
>Lists of art oriented applications of any nautre, that you feel would be
>important, or just plain cool in this package, would be most helpful.
>Also it would be easier if I had groups they might fit into ;)
>
>If any of you have any ideas, feel free to email them to me, not the list.
>;)
>
>Jason Jackson
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Kendall Grant Clark
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