"meta" is a word/prefix that I don't believe should be used very often at all because it has so many different meanings. Most likely in this (meta-distribution) implementation it conveys "a higher state of development". Many times you'll run into "meta-data". In this form, it helps the noun "data" to mean "Data that contains information about Data."
Because of it's many uses, some hacker groups use "meta" in a comical way by throwing it infront of just about anything. (i.e. "This is a meta-definition." and "I have a lot of meta-work to do.") Matt PS Use "meta" during a business presentation and they'll think you know what you're talking about. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Dibb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BYU Unix Users Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [uug] Farewell RedHat Linux > > > be very interesting and exciting. It appears that this merger is going > > to produce a very exciting meta distro a lot like debian. > > What does that mean anyway, a meta distro? Gentoo claims to be one too, > but I never could figure it out. > > Steve > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
