On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 21:18 +1200, Robert Himmelmann wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > >On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 16:50 +1200, Robert Himmelmann wrote: > > > > > >>run > >>three distributions with one X and one kernel at the same time using > >>chroot and mount --bind. I want to be able to use Yast, emerge and > >>apt-get on the same machine without rebooting. I have already > >>installed > >>a program into /data/suse with Yast under Gentoo and then run it. > >> > >> > > > >The point being? > > > > > >in other words, why do need to do this? > > > Why are people hacking at all? There is a hole that nobody has filled > yet. Untill now you only run one distribution at the same without using > using vmware and the like.
don't think you have invented something Robert :-) chroot has been round for ages. > Every of the three distributions has its > advantages: Gentoo is configurable and (when you are not compiling) > fast, Debian has a huge selection of packages and SuSE is easy to use. > Why should I only use one if I can have all three at the same time? > > On the other hand collecting unsual numbers of electronic things is a > hobby. I already have 7 mail-adresses. Why not three distros at the same > time? well the only point of a distro is packaging and config tools. config is a one off thing. gentoo, suse and debian all have huge collections of packages, and gentoo is very easy to add packages to. Why do you need more? Just think of the duplication and waste in your approach, 3 copies of every library, 3 separate /etc's to maintain. when you run a binary how do you choose which one you are running? is your path 3 times as long as anyone elses? Nice to play with but IMHO impractical. Anyway, an interesting debate, keep telling me your perceived advantages. And tell me a package you installed via debian or suse that gentoo didn't have. or vice versa. > > Next I have too much time and want to hack something at least a bit > usefull and normally I also learn a lot through these projects. > Installing Gentoo has already taught me more about GNU/Linux then year SuSE. > > Happy Hacking, > Robert Himmelmann > > Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about > can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely. > -- Lao Tsu > > "Murphy's Law, that brash proletarian restatement of GÃdel's Theorem ..." > -- Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow" -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
