Hi!
This is a nice thing to do. Although it ends up dying a miserable
death (lack of b/w, manpower, etc) it is still a very good learning
experience I must say.
For your endevour, making a whole new distro might not be the right
solution. You can easily modify a good distro like FC3 or knoppix or
Morphix. Pick one up.
Also, you need a rough package selection criterion in mind, because
packages make a distro. You should come up with a rough package list
and see if any other distro has a similar list. Otherwise you might
join the development effort of that distro as well.
Most importantly, have a strong underlying philosophy. That makes good distros.
Ex: Debian -> Everything _f r e e_, at your fingertips.
Slackware -> Do it on your own.
Mandrake -> My mom who knows nothing about comps can use it too!
Happy hacking though, even if the distro fails, the exercise won't go
waste. I gaurantee that.
Regards,
Manas
On 8/19/05, mayur m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi all
> i am a engineering student and would like to
> have the support from plug members to build a new
> version of linux which will be targetted at home
> users.it wouldnt have those mind bloggling selection
> of software appclns to choose from or have 3 cds set
> required which really confuses first time linux
> usersbut at the same time would have all basic
> functionality reqd for a productive desktop for eg a
> single office suite (eg openoffice or any better one
> if it exists),a pdf reader,an xp like desktop,a single
> media player capable to rip,run all formats and play
> any codec on earth.
> i have gone through a lot of linux distributions
> but some are still quite confusing i.e. some are
> confusing about their licensing terms,some about
> usability and some are just distros being manufactured
> by deleting software from server distros.secondly in
> india the support for such distros is ltd only to
> linux user groups.The companies which manufacture
> these software dont take into account needs of user
> but want to build software which they think is fit to
> be included
> so i propose to build a linux distribution
> with ur help which wouldnt be something commercial but
> surely will be revolutionary for the new home users if
> anybody is interested please mail me .
>
> waiting for ur support or replies...
> mayur
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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