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Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch, Gentoo and Grml Merge

Posted by Soulskill on from the simplifying-and-streamlining dept.

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."

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  1. To install by WhitetailKitten · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Press [A|B|X|Y] to Jason

    1. Re:To install by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 3, Informative

      JASON!

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  2. *sigh* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If only this post was a bit truthful...

  3. Re:And then... by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mongol hordes rappelling down from hot air balloons.

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  4. Different Comments by ldbapp · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You get a whole different set of comments depending on which selections you make in the post. Awesome.

    1. Re:Different Comments by oakgrove · · Score: 4, Funny

      You know, if there is one saving grace to April 1st, on slashdot, I sure do get a lot more work done by not actually spending my time reading articles and comments.

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  5. This merger was my idea! by formfeed · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm pleased that they finally did it, just wanted to let everyone know: This merger was my idea!

    And a fine idea it is. About the only way to stop that ever-spreading cancer called Ubuntu. A distribution that simply takes, never ever gives back to the community, and above all brings people into our community that never had the right to use linux in the first place. People can even "try it out"before installing it.

    Come on, do you "try out" Zen or Karate? No! You don't! You wash your master's car and polish it , you do the lowest duties for years and years, there is no elevator to the mountain! But no, not with Ubuntu! Some people, who should really be using windows, can now claim that they have their laptop, their desktop, their file-server, and their media center running linux! Without ever going through the required amount of suffering!

    I welcome the merger and I plan to start a petition later today: the new super-distro should have only a text based installer and standard maintenance login only through a remote serial console!