Thank you for the many comments. Several got me thinking. I now
have a better idea of how/why I got to where I am.
In summary:
I am trying to move away from Windows (and similarly
Canonical) - the "vendor
knows best" syndrome which yields excess baggage installed by
default and
essential software missing.
I've settled on Debian (or a derivative).
The key features were:
1. large user base
2. large repertoire of precompiled software. (apt, synaptic)
3. others have found Debian & derivatives useful.
4. avoiding rolling releases
A short form of my personal goal is:
1. bring back *PERSONAL* to personal computing.
2. understand Linux internals
3. minimal number of modules
In the near term I will base my work on Debian Squeeze:
1. I already have a collection of preseed.cfg files for
several use cases.
2. I comes with Gnome2 *NOT* Gnome3.
3. Its d-i results better approximate some poorly specified goals.
4. There is a group applying security fixes.
5. Wheezy does not appear to offer any features of personal
interest.
(suspect I will skip Jessie for same reason)
I'll attempt to follow Nate Taylor's suggestion to follow
http://live-systems.org/build/.
It may not be an ideal approach. But any failures should be
educational ;}
_______________________________________________
PLUG mailing list
PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org
http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
