Quoting Inglima Modica Davide Silvio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Mikael Schonenberg wrote: > > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Inglima Modica Davide Silvio wrote: > > >>> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/intro.shtml > > >> If we want to do something serious about that we should politely > point out > >> that: > > >> [snip: some good points about debian] > > > I honestly thing you guys are a bit too touchy. It's not like that > LFS > > blurb is an attack on our One True Distro (TM) *cough*, but rather a > few > > points about why it might be attractive to some to run LFS. > Personally, > > I have much more confidence in the Debian QA and Security folx than I > > have in my own skills, but I'm still considering LFS (for educational > > purposes mainly). They're not saying Debian is bad (unless you > > explicitly choose to interpret it that way) - they're just saying > it's > > not the only way. Choice, remember? :-) > > Yes. > Well, I did not mean to sound touchy! ^_^; > > The only thing is that is in some steps the LFS introduction _sounds_ > like > advocacy (maybe wasn't the intention of their authors) because they > talk > about Debian rather out-of context. I am also quite sure that using > debian > is it true that maybe it's rather difficult to fit an apache server in > 8 > megabytes... but it is also true that a debian apache-only installation > will give a sysadmin: > > 1) onsite manuals > 2) the ability to update the packages via a cron-job in background, and > being notified via e-mail of the outcome (cron, mailx and exim are > in > base system, no?) > > It is all matter of wanting these features on or off, not going around > saying "mine is shorter than yours" :DDDDDDDD > > I think I will write them an e-mail suggest them to give a different > layout to their intro: > > + + + > > - why one would like to begin using LFS > - learn how really a linux system work > - achieve usefulness without sacrificing resources (which is indeed a > good point) > > - why one could like to continue using LFS > - hobby > - work: (using an old or exotic machine as a firewall or a terminal) > - work: (developing new linux systems) > > - what are the responsibilities that come with it > - you have to be more security wise than most distros :) > - you have to be more bug wise than most distros :) > > + + + > > I think that everyone would agree and bless LFS people (well, "bless" > maybe is an exageration) if Debian was named as an exampe in this > context. > Debian is a choice, LFS is another, both are Free Systems (Copyleft), > so > we can be friend. ^_^
I fully agree with Mikael. Davide, also please do not forget what I wrote in the PS of my original mail. (Quoting myself: " PS: don't misunderstand: I find LFS a good project. They just shouldn't claim invalid stuff (e.g. about Debian) ;). " ) Go Mikael, go! :D Regards, Csan > > Ciao. > -- > Davide "Gatto Feroce" Inglima > " Paradosso Invernale: perche' d'inverno se apri la <<window>> entrano > " > " i <<pinguini>>? " citando Luigi Catuogno a.k.a Kenshy > http://digilander.iol.it/nekochan/ > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Csan J�nos Hol�nyi Hungarian Association of Linux Users Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
