On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:35:16 +0100
Adel ESSAFI <adelessafi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi list
I was using fedora and redhat since 2000. To day, I can see that our
favorite distro is really very strong. However, I have done some experience
(short) with Ubuntu and I have liked to LTS concept (Long Term support).
My idea is to build a distribution that is based on Fedora at 100% with
1. LTS
2. with a very reduce number of packages
#2 is probably a pre-requisite for making it work and if people don't
like your choice of packages they can join the project to handle more
3. with proprietary codecs and essentiel software (mp3, flash )
included in.
I would keep these separate even if you integrate them at a higher level
in your offering.
catégory. That is, I have to choose between:
* KDE and GNOME for the destop
* rhythembox , kaffeine, ....... as media player
* abiword or openoffice as office writer
Nobody will agree - so just pick the bits *you* care about and let
everyone who cares enough contribute other bits.
This distribution will be very useful for starter!!
That will depend on who your target new user is - a lot of folks will
want the latest/greatest cool stuff. There is already a distribution with
long term maintenance in the same style as Fedora and that is Centos.
Centos is boring and that to a lot of its user community is a good
thing, but it doesn't appeal to everyone.
Alan