Re: FAQ - revised ... again :)

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

We might just run off and make our own little distros.

-Karlis Loen
http://www.dragonlinux.nu

----- Original Message -----
From: Donovan Rebbechi <elflord@pegasus.rutgers.edu>
To: <independence-l@independence.seul.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: FAQ - revised ... again :)


> On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Karlis Loen wrote:
>
> > Or why not Slackware 7?  It just came out, and it rules.  :)
>
> Some reasons:
>
> * The package management is minimal. This makes it harder for the
> users, and the developers.
>
> * RPM has become a defacto standard. It it the most widely used
> binary format for linux. Someone who is using a Redhat
> distribution doesn't need to compile anything.
>
> * Slackware is *not* an end user centered distribution. Their goals
> are orthogonal to ours.
>
> It's important that we don't let our preferences cloud our judgement.
> Personally, I'm an openBSD fan, but I am not in a hurry to propose it as a
> foundation for a user friendly UNIX.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Donovan
>
>