[NTLUG:Discuss] An NTLUG Distro

[Daniel Hauck]

Kenneth Loafman さんは書きました:
> Daniel Hauck wrote:
>> I just read some commentary regarding criticism and Linux.  The original
>> notion was that Linux needs more critics to keep it moving.  Another
>> person pointed out that the reason there are so many very different
>> Linux distros out there is because it is essentially "criticism applied."
>>
>> This got me to thinking.  Chris Cox is unquestionably a really smart
>> fellow with strong views on various things.  I wouldn't think to suggest
>> this if I didn't think he was smart enough to pull it off.
>>
>> What about an NTLUG Distro project?  It would naturally be more of an
>> exercise than something we could expect to actually catch on in the
>> wild.  But not only could it be used as a vehicle to express critical
>> views of other distros by addressing them, but could also serve as an
>> educational experience in rolling one's own distro.
> 
> You make some interesting points and the project is not really as hard
> as it sounds, just tedious.  I'll bring up one sticking point as an
> example from my perspective.
> 
> I would love to see something like this as long as it was apt based and
> not rpm based.  I fight with rpm every time I have to use it, so would
> just as soon not support any distro with rpm.
> 
> ...Thanks,
> ...Ken
> 

You realize that "apt" is not a package management system as much as it
is a repository retrieval system.  Typically, apt is used in debian
systems to help in getting "debs."  [DEB :: RPM] and [APT :: YUM]

Perhaps my notation isn't correct, but I think you get the idea.

But I will say that knowledge and understanding helps to resolve a great
many problems associated with package management.  The most
"conservative" systems still use RPM and YUM while DEB and APT are also
quite heavily used by other camps.  I am indifferent to the choice,
personally.  They both serve the same functions after all.