UserLinux Releases First Beta

MohammedSameer writes "According to DesktopLinux, UserLinux has released their 1st beta CD, based on Debian. The project, led by the long-time open source advocate Bruce Perens, aims to provide businesses with freely available, high quality Linux operating systems accompanied by certifications, service, and support options intended to encourage productivity and security while reducing overall costs."

Comments

Maybe?

[Bruce Perens]

Maybe I'll get first post :-)

Bruce

Re:Maybe?

[Anonymous Coward]

what a karma whore you are ;P

Re:Maybe?

[kundor]

Hmm...leaving your "more mature forum that slashdot" to indulge in some puerile first-post attempts, eh? ;-) Just goes to show it happens to the best of us.

Congratulations on the release.

Torrent

[anandpur]

Do we need torrent for 4.5 megabytes iso image?
http://userlinux.com/installer/netboot.iso

Re:Maybe not.

[hugesmile]

wow, if you are Bruce Perens and have a low slashdot id, you get modded up for "First Post" messages?

I am impressed.

not Bruce

motherhood, apple pie....

[eludom]

> he project, led by the long-time open source advocate Bruce
> Perens, aims to provide businesses with freely available, high
> quality Linux operating systems accompanied by
> certifications, service, and support options intended to
> encourage productivity and security while reducing overall
> costs."

Did I hear "buzzword compliant" ?

---eludom

Re:Your forgot something.

[Anonymous Coward]

You got a problem with your wife renting out hoagie space in her ass?

A whore is a whore. Simply put, one who trades their morals for money is a whore.

Re:yet another distro?

[salvorHardin]

You're not the only one:
No of Linux distros surpasses no of users.

Human DDOS attack on Slashdot by Pruce Berens

[mdproctor]

It has been reported the Pruce Berens, from the KickMeInTheGooliesILikePainLinux fame, is attempting to bring slashdot down by furiously typing at his keyboard to reply to every single slashdot post creating a human DDOS attack. Luckily slashdot has survived this onslaught and he's on his way to achieving a world record for the most number of posts on slashdot for a single article, as long as his smoking keyboard withstands the punishment.

Re:Human DDOS attack on Slashdot by Pruce Berens

[Bruce Perens]

Slashdot imposes a 2-minute posting limit. That works out to 30 per hour if I try really hard.

Re:Human DDOS attack on Slashdot by Pruce Berens

[xutopia]

his keyboard? I heard he used 2 keyboards, one with each hand. How else do you think he can keep up?

Re:Marketing Image

[Enahs]

Agreed. The name is more descriptive. I'm sure we've all had a well-meaning relative send us a forward of a fictional Abbott and Costello routine about the names of Microsoft products. Somehow "Windows" means "Operating System" and "Office" means "Word Processor, Presentation App, Spreadsheet, Low-End Desktop Publishing, and Database Frontend"

*shrug*

Fork the project! The beauty of Open Source.

[Anonymous Coward]

If we're all so much smarter than Bruce, let's each fork UserLinux with our own favorate names, and take on his project head to head.

I think he's all the right choices technically (if he ended up with postgresql instead of mysql - can't remember where that one came out) -- but agree the name won't appeal to businesses.

The beauty of this fork is that it'll be extremely easy to maintian.

* Since the fork would use all the same code all the companies that support UserLinux would support ForkedUserLinux.

* We can have a fast-track certification process where anyone certified with UserLinux is automatically certified for WhateverLinux.

* It's a simple matter of s/userlinux/yourfavoriatename/ and you're on your way to become famous!