Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch, Gentoo and Grml Merge
tomhudson writes "debian, arch linux, opensuse, grml, and gentoo are merging to create a new distro: 'We are
pleased
thrilled
enraged
aroused
to announce the birth of the Canterbury distribution. Canterbury is a merge of the efforts of the community
distributions
projects
efforts
slapfights
formerly known as Debian, Gentoo, Grml, openSUSE and Arch Linux to produce a really unified effort and be able to stand up in a combined effort against
proprietary
profitable
Gates'
cheese
operating systems, to show off that the Free Software community is actually able to work together for a common
golem
gaol
goal
gold
instead of creating more diversity. Canterbury will be as technologically simple as Arch, as stable as Debian, malleable as Gentoo, have a solid Live framework as Grml, and be as open minded as openSUSE.' Arch Linux developer Pierre Schmitz explained: 'Arch Linux has always been about keeping its
users
technology
competitors
internets
as simple as possible. Combining efforts into one single distribution will dramatically reduce complexity for developers, users and of course upstream
projects
managers
advertisers
salmon
. Canterbury will be the next evolutionary step of Linux distributions.' This will without a doubt put
pants
pressure
imperativeness
Jason
on Ubuntu."
JASON!
"16MB (fuck off, MiB fascists)" - The Mighty Buzzard