On 01:04 Tue 07 Feb , Jason Hsu wrote: > Are there any FAQs or other documents on how to operate a Linux > distro?
Not that I'm aware of. There just aren't that many people starting it from scratch. The best advice I've got is outsource everything you can. Distros don't exist to write website backends, or maintain VCS servers, or any of those things you need, but they can be huge time sinks. For a new distro starting today, I would put everything possible on Github — code, bugs, website, and wiki. It supports all of those. Get an IRC channel on Freenode (or OFTC if you want) and a mailing list somewhere halfway decent like Google Groups. File hosting could be on Google Code or Sourceforge. I'd try using the Open Build Service instead of setting up my own build servers, and serve out packages from there too if you can. Based on the specifics of your distro, you'll have to work out whether that's enough, or whether you need more services to distribute updates. And you absolutely *must* read Karl Fogel's book. It's free online (http://producingoss.com/), but buy it if you like it. -- Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Council Member / Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux <http://dberkholz.com> Analyst, RedMonk <http://redmonk.com/dberkholz/>
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