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Recent Apt-Gettable Goodness From Ark, Conectiva

Posted by timothy on from the slickness dept.

JimLynch writes "When you think of Linux, certain names spring to mind: Red Hat, SuSE--even Libranet. But you almost never hear someone say "Hey, did you download the latest version of Ark Linux?" Well, it's too bad, because Ark Linux might someday be a viable contender for the Linux desktop crown and it surely deserves some recognition as such at this point. Despite being labeled an alpha, Ark Linux is one amazing little distro." In other distro news, lmvaz writes "Conectiva, the biggest Linux distribution of Brazil and South America released yesterday the 'Conectiva Linux 10 - Technology Preview 2,' bringing the kernel 2.6.1, KDE 3.2 rc1, Gnome 2.4, Mozilla 1.5, OpenOffice 1.1, etc. The release notes are available here and the torrents for download are here. The final release is expected by the end of the first semester of this year. It's a nice bundle for people wanting to help getting the 2.6 linux kernel in shape."

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  1. Question by gantrep · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why do we need so many distros when we already have 1 or 2 well developed, well supported good ones? Instead of making a thousand for different purposes, why not just make it easier to customize Red Hat or Suse to fit all those purposes(i.e. LinuxBBC, uclinux, etc)?

  2. Re:wow by rborek · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The major problem with SuSE is that you have to buy the CDs to get the distribution... or wait a month or two to get a download-only crippled install. Some of us like to play with various Linux distros and don't want to have to go out and buy each and every one to see which one's the best.

    I'm personally hoping Novell changes the distribution methods for SuSE.