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Progeny Releases Beta 1 of Progeny Debian 2.0

Posted by michael on from the like-debian-but-better-i-hope dept.

Jeff Licquia writes "We just released the first beta of Progeny Debian 2.0, Developer Edition. This is intended to be a showcase of our Componentized Linux project for building customized Linux distributions, something that's been talked about here before. We'd really like people to give this a whirl and report any problems they have. For more information, Progeny's Platform site has the details."

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  1. Set up torrent by slashdevslashtty · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whoever gets this downloaded should set up a torrent and submit it to suprnova.org

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  2. Sounds interesting... by angst7 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    To allow optimization for depth, a new kind of distribution is needed--a componentized distribution from which users may build platforms from the bottom up, including only the features and technologies their products require.

    But isnt this one of the key ideas behind Gentoo? Either way I think I'll have to check this out more. Good to see more of this over the "just bundle everything with an i386 build" approach.

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    1. Re:Sounds interesting... by boudie · · Score: 5, Informative

      Why choose between Gentoo and Anaconda when now you can have both: http://gentoo.vidalinux.com/?q=node/view/35

  3. No torrent?? by Rupan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Someone mentioned that there is no torrent or download link. A very cursory examination of their website reveals an HTTP download location:

    http://archive.progeny.com/progeny/linux/iso-i38 6/ 20040710/

    Come one people, RTFA.

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  4. Language mangulation by Wolfbone · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Componentized"??? - IMHO that's an anglobstipation excessively gratuitous even for you transatlanticated verbalizators. '-)

  5. ian murdock by Chalex · · Score: 5, Informative
    The first thing that ran through my mind is "I remember that name from somewhere..." That's right, it's the Ian Murdock of Debian. Give the guy some credit before you bash his vision of the near future.

    OTOH, here's an article from 4 years ago about Progeny. It looks like the vision was the same then, but they haven't gotten very far.