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New Macmillan Linux distro
Jim Dabell writes "Macmillan have announced they are releasing "The Complete Linux(TM) Operating System 6.0" based on Mandrake. There are also deluxe and secure server options. "
Why not. Everybody else seems to be creating their
own distribution. Its fun.
MEEPT!!!
(sung to the tune of Sesame Street's "ABC, easy as 1, 2, 3")
*Lets make a NEW dist-ro!*
*Easy as 1 - 2- 3*
*Tocon-fuse ev-ery bo-dy!*
*MS will just LOVE me!*
MEEPT humbly submits his art to the dapslash community for approval by its socialist leaders.
MEEPT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why not, indeed! How about "/. Linux, OS for Nerds". It could come preconfigured with an "anonymous_coward" user account, Beowulf clustering, moderated package installer (eg. fortune: (4, funny)), etc.
Mike
Hmm. Maybe it's just another reason to keep anyone who cares following the LSB, which is starting to make some "visable" progress now (compatibility testing tools...). Frankly, maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing if there get to be tons of Linux distributions, as long as thier compatiable on a basic level. It sure doesn't hurt to have lots of diffrent telephone long distance carriers, but if they weren't compatable, you could only call people that use your carrier.
Wait, Linux better be BETTER than the phone companies, that's the point of the LSB. I don't wanna see "you can't get that service unless you use brand X." If the base is the same, who cares who you get it from, I'd be happy with "Jonny Smith's Linux" that I picked up in the "impulse buy rack" at the grocery store, because I would probably end up changing what I didn't like anyway.
Personally, I have started using FreeBSD as of late, I got sick of trying to find the "right" package out of 100 diffrent packages for the same application, or tracking libraries to insure the new verson of X will run, but not break the old version of Y. I have less and less time to do that stuff anymore (approching graduation), maybe some day when I have more time, I'll go back towards Linux installs.