Quoting Adam Sjøgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:42:26 +0200, hadess wrote: > > > I'm working on a Debian-based distro for iMacs and iBooks > > Why not use ("plain") Debian?
Not appealling enough to the new user... _I_ can cope with Debian, but I don't think a new user to Linux would fancy it much. We would replace the installer for a gui one (gtk-1.3 has framebuffer support, so it's less overhead than X-based installer), go for Gnome as the default desktop (Helix Gnome is just a nice way to get everything from one place, and more current than the Potato packages), add some programs that Debian wouldn't allow (Xanim with the modules, or lame, for example), and add some configuration tools. Every single improvement would be sent to the upstream maintainer or the Debian developer of the package. That's not interesting for me to do everything on my own as it would only be harder for me to update all the packages, and the Debian developers are doing a wonderful job. Of course, more comments are welcome Cheers /Hadess > > > Best wishes, > > -- > "Floor 7 1/2 Adam > Sjøgren > Low overhead!" > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >