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Stormix:Yet Another Distribution

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the joining-the-fray dept.

IsleOfView wrote in with prove that there will never be a shortage of new distributions. This one is called stormix and its based on Debian, but has assorted advanced installation tools.

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  1. Re:Yeah, Whatever by Garrett+Rooney · · Score: 2

    have you even done any research into what these guys are doing?

    its debian linux with a nice install and eventually a configuration program.

    all the changes are gpl, and the developers are active on debian-devel. while i don't exactly agree with their ideas (getting rid of text file configuration in favor of a binary database) their work can only help debian in the long run.

    fragmentation is bad, but this distribution is based closely on debian, which is as close to a standard as you can get.

    another distribution != fragmentation, or at least it doesn't have to.

    i'm certainly willing to at least give them the benefit of the doubt, and possibly to download it once it gets a little further along and give it a shot...

    -garrett

  2. Re:Enough already!!! by Ray+Dassen · · Score: 2
    How many distros are there now?

    Lots

    We will never defeat Microsoft unless we all pull together and focus our energy!

    The Microsoft == the Borg analogy is used quit often, but many people fail to look at it thoroughly. The Borg are defeated by individuals, not by another collective. Individuals differ, compete and cooperate with each other. Neither pure competition, nor pure cooperation seem to be the best strategies, evolutionarywise.

  3. More old news... by Col.+Klink+(retired) · · Score: 2

    http://slashdot.org /article.pl?sid=99/07/08/2047257&mode=thread

    --

    -- Don't Tase me, bro!

  4. Don't fear the distros by Nafai7 · · Score: 3
    I don't understand why so many people seem afraid of these extra distributions. Basically, there are several "primary" ones that about 90 to 95% of the Linux users will utilize. The rest are all secondary or custom distros either based off of those main ones or designed for a specific purpose. These "minor" distros will each suit a smaller group, but perform more specific/specialized functions. Don't use Microsoft as your standard for how OSs should be "marketed".

    Ultimatly all these choices may seem slightly painful, but the extra competition will just feed Linux evolution. We will all benefit in the long run.

  5. Re:Standards? by Syslevel · · Score: 2

    Maybe we should all lobby our congressmen to mandate that the DoD come out with a clean standardized version of Linux (painted green, of course) that we can ALL rally 'round. Then we can begin systematically eradicating all these other 'distributions.' (I'm kidding, of course.)

    It's all kinda-sorta POSIX, anyhow, isn't it?