On Thu, 23 May 2002 10:17:15 -0400 Matthew Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 22 May 2002 18:31:42 -0600 > "Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think Skippy is just trying to tell me what we all learned along > > the way. Caldera was never especially good at providing updates > > (except for security), and the Caldera file setup was sufficiently > > different, that most RPMS would not work without major surgery. > > > > If you want an upgradable system, try RedHat/Mandrake or Debian > > (updates for most things available), Slackware (somewhat fewer > > choices. Or gentoo (if you can tolerate updates from source), but > > I'm not supposed to say that out loud. > > To each his own. What do you want out of a distro? The is > something(IIRC) called Wizard Linux, where after a dinky base > install (like a Kernel and the installer) it downloads and installs > everything from source... It could be fun, if you can spare the > time :)
What I want out of a distro is a system that can be continually upgraded in a standard fashion as new versions of packages that I'm interested in become available. I heard very good things about the Wizard distro (somewhat similar to gentoo), but unfortunately Wizard bit the dust after an internal developers squabble. While I support the concept of developing your own distro (it's good clean fun and educational and who could resist a Skippy distro <grin>), I question the long term viability. Either you choose an RPM binary distro, in which case you'd better choose a directory structure something like RedHat or you need someone to maintain a repository of new RPMs that match your structure. Or you could try something based on SRPMs in which case you effectively have a source based distribution using the RPM tool to put it together. When and where do you want to spare the time? In my case I do most of the suffering up front (close to a year ago now) unless I want a new version of a big hitter like kde or gnome. For most of the packages I'm interested in (sylpheed, xfce, mozilla), I crank up an install in an aterm while I'm reading mail or browsing linux news. Not much pain at all. Much less pain than tinkering with RPMs that weren't designed for my system (the Caldera problem in a nutshell). -- Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.18+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
