Re: [ossig] Red Hat Drops Free Linux

[Imran William Smith <iwsmith@mimos.my>]

Creating a distro from scratch is not hard.   Look into Morphix (creates 
live CDs)
or Rock Linux (distro that creates distros).  Have a go if you think 
it's fun.  But
be aware whatever you launch is unlikely to get many committed volunteers to
maintain it year after year,   simply duplicating what the 100 or 200 
developers at
Red Hat, SuSE, etc are already doing.  If you are interested in Linux 
distros, check out
www.distrowatch.com...

A  Linux distro is the opposite of a traditional engineering project - 
it's very easy
to create, very hard to maintain.

Localizing and passing back into existing distros is good, and it's 
already being
done.  Check out
http://www.asiaosc.org/enwiki/page/Malaysia.html
http://www.asiaosc.org/enwiki/page/Bahasa_Melayu.html
for some resources / sites / contacts.

Your idea about a compilation CD is also good, in my opinion.

Imran

Gan Sze Kai wrote:

> Opps... Seem like Localize the OS is not easy. But was it develop our 
> skill? Maybe I should consider the bussiness point of view. :P
> How about maybe we can gather all the Malaysian product in one 
> collection CD which can support different platform like Redhat and 
> Debian ...etc. or make something like sourceforce.net to control, 
> support and development those localize software?
>
>
> Ken Wong wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday 05 November 2003 12:17, Seah Hong Yee wrote:
> >  
> > > Malaysia uses a language that would involve better intergration of
> > > unicode onto Linux or something that is not being done on regular
> > > main stream distro, then another fork would make sense.  
> > >    
> > Actually, it still wouldn't. There's no reason why you can't integrate 
> > any improvements you want into the existing code base. As it is, the 
> > Linux kernel is already Unicode ready and aware. Any changes needed are 
> > mostly in X or X-based apps. There's no reason why you can't try to get 
> > it integrated with the existing projects/distributions out there.
> >
> > That was the point of the article I linked and it's a situation many of 
> > these "localized" distributions are faced with today. Thailand's 
> > SELinux has to be maintained separately from the original RH base it 
> > came from. Likewise, Red Flag is unable to keep up with the latest 
> > packages. Many of the "localized" distributions are outdated and 
> > unpatched against the most recently discovered security 
> > vulnerabilities. Look forward to a Windows/MSBlast like situation if 
> > any of these distributions gain decent sized marketshare.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
> >
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Imran William Smith
Project Manager, Open Source, MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia

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