[ossig] Enterprise Linux: UserLinux, Debian

[Mukhsein Johari <pythonium@xxxxxxxxx>]

This seems to tie in with our own (local) concerns wrt
open source and linux. IMHO, Bruce has a good idea.
Here's hoping the execution is well done as well.

Have a read here for different take on the article on
Vnunet.com, entitled "Perens readies old-school Linux,
but who wants it?"

http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT5016155846.html



On a slightly tangential note:
I find it intriguing that many of the interesting
linux distros / projects are making use of Debian (eg.
Knoppix/Gnoppix, UserLinux). That is, instead of
others like Fedora or Slackware or Gentoo. Anyone with
thoughts / experiences as to why this might be? Surely
it's more than simply "apt-get" and .debs?

It's also interesting that 2 of the top 5 distros on
http://www.distrowatch.com/ are consistently:

* Knoppix
* Debian

I just find it weird that a distro whose "stable"
release is consistently about 2-3 years old (more?),
could be so popular.


	
		
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