Distro News

sledge writes "eiT, a small German company, recently released easyLinux, a distribution targeted at beginners. Could be an interesting competitor for the 'big' boys. " We've mentioned this before, but it's actually been released now (in German - the English version should be out RSN). It looks impressive - a GUI based install, nice setup tools, etc. Does anyone know how the new stuff is licensed?
Also, Gael from Linux-Mandrake writes "We have release Mandrake6.0beta (Mariner) a few days ago and we need many many many people to test it!! :) It's available for download Thanx!!! " So, it seems as if all the news in Linux distributions for the day comes from Europe.

Comments

Am I getting paranoid ?

[Dinsdale]

"Further, easyLinux is strongly restricted to specific tools and programs, to protect the beginner from the killing diversity of applications, that nearly all do the same thing."

I must be getting paranoid.I keep thinking..just replace the name "easyLinux" with "Windows". Yes diversity kills! My God you may be put in a situation where you might *learn* something.Have to ask questions,read a man page or hack it your self . All joking aside I suppose, if Linux is to migrate to the desktops of the world, install's must become more user friendly.I just have a concern that, if you hide the dirty details of what goes on under the hood from the average user, you are becoming like the other big O/S's that keep the user deaf,dumb & blind. Ah well..maybe it's time for Prozac in my diet.