Re: [e-users] E-based distro->build out of what?

2004-03-03 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 18:44:09 -0800 Steve Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:35:40 -0800 (PST) > Jonathan Charnas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > rpm based distro. > > http://www.caosity.org/ > > cAos is fast, rpm-based, and has some fairly

Re: [e-users] E-based distro->build out of what?

2004-03-03 Thread Steve Arnold
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:35:40 -0800 (PST) Jonathan Charnas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > rpm based distro. http://www.caosity.org/ cAos is fast, rpm-based, and has some fairly minimal install configurations. It uses some of the latest 2.4 kernel code, and yum (sort of like apt-get) on top of rpm.

Re: [e-users] E-based distro->build out of what?

2004-03-03 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:35:40 -0800 (PST) Jonathan Charnas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > I'm no expert about this, but I really like the idea. I was hoping to > switch distros myself sometime soon (soon meaning within 4 months). > As a mandrake user, I can tell you what I like and wh

Re: [e-users] E-based distro->Build out of what?

2004-03-03 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:47:59 -0600 Ibukun Olumuyiwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > That said, I am welcome to the idea of building from ground up so that we > can make this as lean and mean as we possibly can. However, some of these > distributions (MandrakeMove, Knoppix notably) hav

Re: [e-users] E-based distro->Build out of what?

2004-03-03 Thread jerome wilson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 14:43:19 -0600 (CST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [e-users] E-based distro->Build out of what? > > > Michael Jennings said: > > On Wednesday, 03 March 2004, at 10:47:59 (-0600), > > Ibukun Olumuyiwa wrote: > > > &g

Re: [e-users] E-based distro->build out of what?

2004-03-03 Thread Jonathan Charnas
I'm no expert about this, but I really like the idea. I was hoping to switch distros myself sometime soon (soon meaning within 4 months). As a mandrake user, I can tell you what I like and what I don't like: Likes: ease of installation frequent updates, whether security or just new version of a pro

Re: [e-users] E-based distro->Build out of what?

2004-03-03 Thread Michael Jennings
On Wednesday, 03 March 2004, at 14:43:19 (-0600), Ibukun Olumuyiwa wrote: > The question is about whether Mandrake would form a suitable base > for the distro. It is not offtopic. Actually, the topic of developing an E distro belongs on the devel list, not here. And yes, it's off-topic. It's al

Re: [e-users] E-based distro->Build out of what?

2004-03-03 Thread Ibukun Olumuyiwa
Michael Jennings said: > On Wednesday, 03 March 2004, at 10:47:59 (-0600), > Ibukun Olumuyiwa wrote: > >> > Mandrake is loaded w/ problems,... Besides Mandrake was build out >> > of RH. So if we want to build a RH-based distro, why not take RH >> > itself? :-p >> >> This is a common misconceptio

Re: [e-users] E-based distro->Build out of what?

2004-03-03 Thread Michael Jennings
On Wednesday, 03 March 2004, at 10:47:59 (-0600), Ibukun Olumuyiwa wrote: > > Mandrake is loaded w/ problems,... Besides Mandrake was build out > > of RH. So if we want to build a RH-based distro, why not take RH > > itself? :-p > > This is a common misconception. Mandrake is not loaded with > p

Re: [e-users] E-based distro->Build out of what?

2004-03-03 Thread Ibukun Olumuyiwa
On Wed 03 Mar 2004, Didier Casse wrote: > On 03/03/04, at 13:52 +0900, Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 22:01:08 -0500 Justin P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > > > I would love to help out with this idea. I am new at this development > > > thing, so I won'

[e-users] E-based distro->Build out of what?

2004-03-03 Thread Didier Casse
On 03/03/04, at 13:52 +0900, Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 22:01:08 -0500 Justin P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > I would love to help out with this idea. I am new at this development > > thing, so I won't be able to give much in the way of guidance but wo