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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. Maybe? by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Funny
    Maybe I'll get first post :-)

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.
    1. Re:Maybe? by kundor · · Score: 5, Funny
      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.

  2. Torrent by anandpur · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  3. 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.
  4. Re:yet another distro? by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Informative
    Then you will be happy with UserLinux. We do all of our technical development within the Debian project. Our value-add is support and certification. The only packages in our own repository are configuration, like selecting a list of debian packages and debconf settings for them, and patches that we haven't been able to get into Debian's release (none of those yet).

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  5. I don't get it by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...freely available, high quality Linux operating systems accompanied by certifications, service, and support options

    Why a distro based on Debian? Why not just certify, service and support Debian itself?

    I know there has to be a seperate distro for every ego in the OSS world, but from a technical point of view, why is a new distro needed?

    --
    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  6. Re:So its "fixed"? by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Informative
    The kernel is 2.6.8 at the moment, from the Debian package. It is so fully modular that it loads the IDE driver before it mounts the root drive - IDE isn't compiled in to the kernel, it's a module. Discover and hotplug are used to detect hardware and load drivers. As far as I can tell, it addresses the problem of normal people adding hardware.

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  7. Human DDOS attack on Slashdot by Pruce Berens by mdproctor · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:Human DDOS attack on Slashdot by Pruce Berens by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Funny

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

      --
      Bruce Perens.
  8. 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.

  9. Re:yet another distro? by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Informative
    Well, first look at the advantages of Debian over other distributions.

    • 15,000 packages in one repository with no cross-dependency issues. 3 times Red Hat, 5 times SuSE.
    • 11 architectures (12 if you count AMD64, which will not be "official" for this release but exists and runs fine).
    • Open to participation by all. If you want something in the system and it's free software, you can be a Debian developer and get what you want done.
    • Over 1000 active developers. One of the largest Open Source projects.
    • More than 10 years of successful history. It's older than RH or SuSE.
    Now, add what Debian hasn't been able to do: Commercial support, application vendor certification.

    Regarding your installation issues. Please try the UL installer, which is based on the new Debian installer. It has a "go back" feature and asks for a proxy URL.Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.