(Please respect the Mail-Follow-Up header; do not cc me replies.) On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 05:13:41PM +0800, bluebee wrote: > I agree about the superb features of knoppix but this also have its > flaws. You can't upgrade the contents of the CD (as well as the > emulated CD in you hard drive) unless you build another ISO file > containing your updates. Users will not be able to install software > that they want. It will be hard to distribute this kind of > distribution to people with different software requirements.
I think it is fair enough that a run-from-CD distribution not allow installation, upgrading or removal of software. Users don't expect to be able to treat the pressed CD or burned CD-R as a hard drive, do they? This is part of why I think a Knoppix fork is relevant: the software selection in the main Knoppix tree may not be suitable for everybody, particularly to the target audience of Bayanihan. Revising it to more aptly suit that audience can allow Bayanihan to build on Knoppix while being unique enough to be relevant. Then of course that's only considering Knoppix as a run-from-CD distribution. Knoppix isn't just that, though. It can be used to install Debian in a user's hard drive, as well. As a Debian-based meta-distribution, Knoppix allows itself to be installed in a user's hard drive, from which point it becomes pretty much a "standard" (but not "old") Debian installation with the powers of apt-get, aptitude, and all of that. > Second, if we go for a debian-based distro (not the knoppix type) > installation is not that user friendly compared to redhat unless we > would like to create another installer. >From what I've read, the Knoppix installer isn't very well polished, yet. I'm sure that can be a starting point for a "new Bayanihan", though. Success in the installer area will probably even put the Philippines "in the map" as far as Knoppix and Debian development are concerned. > But still, this is a good idea. I'm glad you think it is. :) --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III : http://jijo.free.net.ph : When we speak of free Network Administrator : The Leather Collection, Inc. : software we refer to GnuPG Key ID : 0x93B746BE : freedom, not price. -- 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
