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Linux Netwosix Creator Discusses 2.0 Vision

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the from-the-horses-mouth dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LinuxWorld recently took the time to talk to Linux Netwosix creator Vincenzo Ciaglia to answer why there are two releases (1.3 and 2.0-rc1) within a week of each other, among other questions. From the article: "We think that its light structure could make Linux Netwosix suited for all network security work. For a good network plan, the sysadmin needs a light system that is highly configurable. Every sysadmin wants to configure networks, and work with them, with the possibility of doing everything alone."

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  1. sys-con? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Aren't they the ones that allowed Maureen O'Gara to attack/smear PJ on Groklaw?

    I'm sure it's an interesting article but I'll wait to see it somewhere else before I read anything on a sys-con site.

  2. Every by nacturation · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Every sysadmin wants to configure networks, and work with them, with the possibility of doing everything alone."

    Also, every generalization is false.

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  3. Everything alone, eh? by SheeEttin · · Score: 5, Funny

    with the possibility of doing everything alone

    Yes, that's the problem with geeks... we end up doing literally everything alone.

  4. Gentoo based? by oglueck · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm planning to expand the portage tree, doing other 300/400 packages ports, with everyone security oriented.

    Is this distro based on Gentoo's portage? If so, what is this distribution trying to fix? And is this guy "porting" packages all alone? He probably never figured how much work it will be to maintain his own distro.

  5. This must be a joke by oglueck · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Netwosix will try to offer the first valid alternative to historically secure systems like the *BSD
    stability, performance, and support for mission-critical application deployments
    users can benefit from outstanding robustness, scalabilty, and reliability

    Big words. If he wants stability why does this 19 year old jerk use the latest 2.6.14.5 stable kernel? Where do all those features come from? You won't get security and robustness by just repackaging software. Is Ciaglia saying he reviews all the code in his distro and fixes broken stuff? All on his own? On several platforms? Look at their site: Their "community" consists of merely two people.

    Goodness, just because every kid can burn a bootable Linux CD that doesn't mean he just created a new distro!

    Call this a flame. But I really don't see the point of Netwosix.