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Toward a New Kind of Linux Distribution
An anonymous reader writes "Progeny co-founder Ian Murdock wrote a weblog entry that has been reprinted at Newsforge. He talks about how current distros are built from the top down, making a 'one-size-fits-all' solution of technology. He proposes making a modular solution that encompasses building modules so distros can include only the technology they need to suit their purpose, kinda like building from the bottom up. Interesting read, good arguments, potential for a new Linux community."
So what you are looking for then is all the features and power of Gentoo designed for people who are not intelligent enough to use them.
Sounds like a poor fit for me. You want simple out of the box everything works, Redhat and Suse both have done great at this. You want serious optimization and configurability well then you also need a high enough IQ to put it together. To make it simple and easy you have to generalize and work around the minimum requirements and make lots of desicions for end users so they won't get confused, like RedHat and Suse.
The big distro are great for people who just want to get thier feet wet or are not that computer savvy. And they still let them be cooler than windows users. But lets not pretend they are ready or even need to swim in the deep water where the experienced hard core admins dwell.
"Kowtowing to Stallman" how exactly? By including an optional non-free repository?
You are ignorant, or a troll.
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