Re: FAQ - revised ... again :)

["Karlis Loen" <obelisk@c-cubedinc.com>]

I'll let you know how well Slack 7 handles RPMs.  (ala rpm.tgz...)

And an RPM is just a tarball if you change the extension anyway.  Try it
sometime.  <g>

-Karlis
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Forge <forge@forge.kfs>
To: <independence-l@independence.seul.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: FAQ - revised ... again :)


> We have had this discussion before.  We do not need to have it
> again.  We are based on RedHat because there are books on RedHat
> in the shops where our target audience buys.  We are based on
> RedHat because Our target audience can find RedHat and RedHat
> based packages in those same stores.
>
> We are based on RedHat because It's hard enough getting the newbi
> to install RPMs and DEBs and we want to minimize the possibility
> that he must install a tarball.
>
> Until something major changes we are still to be based on RedHat.
> Major includes Corel Linux becoming very popular early next year
> ( A possibility ).
>
> Karlis Loen wrote:
> >
> > Or why not Slackware 7?  It just came out, and it rules.  :)
> >
> > 'course, i'm a Slackware fan...
> >
> > -Karlis Loen
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Donovan Rebbechi <elflord@pegasus.rutgers.edu>
> > To: <independence-l@independence.seul.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 6:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: FAQ - revised ... again :)
> >
> > > On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 n7su@micron.net wrote:
> > >
> > > > presenting a simple fact that Indy is based on RH and some reasons
why
> > it was
> > > > done. I don't know anything about Debian, Jean must think it is
> > necessary to
> > > > give a reason why Indy was not based on Debian. I don't know.
> > >
> > > Debian are the leading free distribution. So we need to distinguish
> > > ourself from them, ie what can we offer that they don't ? Why don't we
> > > just merge with them, since they're the main free distribution ? These
are
> > > natural questions, and we need to answer them.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Donovan
> > >
> > >
>