Hello, Some thoughts on this discussion.
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Ashok Gautham J. wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:33 PM, senthilraja P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Some suggestions: > > 1. What i have done is very basic thing, that need not require any > > expertise > > or great skills. However, to actually get a momentum, we need to establish > > knowledge pockets, on advanced technicalities like Building a Linux Distro > > from source, knowledge on compiling methods, linux programming etc. > > > LFS was one of the most interesting things I did :D. And yeah. I believe ABS > must be a part of every Linux curriculum. http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ Following through with LFS upto the point where you can create a self-building system is instructive in some ways. However, it is not for everyone. In particular, it may be useful for those who want to work on a kernel or libc, but not for people who work on/with applications which are cross-platform. > I am wondering if we need customized distros. I don't think we need yet-another-distribution. Learning to improve and develop the tools used to build, develop, maintain the existing distributions is far more fruitful. Of course, someone may have a very nice new idea about _how_ to package software in which case creating a new distribution would be worthwhile. The idea behind customised (sub) distributions is to pick, choose and configure packages that are relevant to a specific community. This works by using the _same_ package lists and stable repositories as the main distribution. At most some customising packages (which could even be dummy or arch independent) are added. Any one who installs such a customised distribution then has easy access even to those packages that were _not_ chosen and customised. Regards, Kapil. --
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