It's the attitude of the distribution =)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel O. Escasa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [plug] What makes a distro? > ** Sabi ni Orly noong Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:32:40 +0800 (PHT) > > > Adding a small package here and there to an existing distribution is of > > value (e.g. RedHat has no mplayer RPMs! hurray for FalseHope!) but does > > not a distribution make. > > Which leads me to ask, what makes a distribution? Obviously, the GNU/Linux > kernel, plus some other utilities, but how about the installation system? I > think that's one thing that would distinguish the face of one distro from > another. But heck, I can probly create a GUI front end to a Slack distro but > that might not count. > > Thoughts? Any definitions online? > > Mabuhay. > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
