[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 would

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't be able to

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 problems,

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

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

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

2004-03-03 Thread jerome wilson
) 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: Mandrake is loaded w/ problems,... Besides Mandrake was build out of RH. So if we want to build a RH-based

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) have

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 minimal

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 what I