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UserLinux Releases First Beta

Posted by michael on from the luserunix-also-available dept.

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."

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  1. User vs. Business by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, if it's oriented to Businesses and support-conscious people, why is it called *User* Linux? Wouldn't BusinessLinux be more appropriate?

    1. Re:User vs. Business by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Insightful
      It comes from user-supported, because anyone can participate in Debian, the development organization we base our system upon. So, if a user doesn't like something about the system, they have the ability to change it directly.

      Bruce

      --
      Bruce Perens.
  2. yet another distro? by bwy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Personally instead of seeing 100's of distros I'd like to see some serious work poured into maybe a handful of popular ones to make them more serious desktop contenders. There is a thin line between "choice" and "fragmentation".

  3. Kernel Versions? by JHillyerd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I love Debian on servers, that's the one place where packages not changing often is a good thing.

    One big frustration I have with debian-stable is that the kernel gets so far out of date, that it doesn't support newer hardware properly. Will UserLinux try to keep more up-to-date with kernel versions. I don't need bleeding edge, but 2.4.18 is two and half years old!

    Don't tell me to use debian-testing, I've tried it and it replaces too many packages too often for a production machine.

  4. Re:Human DDOS attack on Slashdot by Pruce Berens by Slack3r78 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Heh, I noticed the same thing, and while it is amusing in a way, I'd also like the thank Bruce for doing so. Instead of lots of conjecture or half explanations, we're getting clear, thought out explanations directly from the source.

    This tends to happen on Slashdot anyway (John Carmack in particular comes to mind) but seeing Bruce's name in just about every thread on this topic was impressive and I for one appreciate it. Thanks. :-)