[ILUG] New Linux Distro (Possibly.. ;)

[Fergal Daly]

I think the steps you should be following (assuming Redhat):

1. find out how to create .rpm files

2. grab all the stuff that would make your distro different that redhat
don't ship and fiddle about with them until you have produced a bunch of
pakcages that install seamlessly on top of Redhat

3. write your extra stuff and package that up too

4. get loads of people using your packages (this is gonna be way easier than
getting them to use your distro)

5. when this is hugely successful, you can think about doing a Mandrake and
releasing your own customised version of Redhat.

Number 5 is the last step, not the first,

Fergal


On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 04:13:00PM -0000, sean.odonnell at sentia.ie wrote:
> Main thing  would  be  to write  a webmin module 
> (or a J2EE webmin like interface) to allow
> tomcat/jboss  to be  admined easily.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean O'Donnell 
> Sent: 31 October 2001 08:03
> To: anders at wrdp.net; ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] New Linux Distro (Possibly.. ;)
> 
> 
> I've been thinking about something  along  those  lines,
> although I was mainly thinking about a distro to run
> J2EE apps out of the box (well set up Tomcat and JBOSS)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anders Holm [mailto:anders at wrdp.net]
> Sent: 31 October 2001 07:10
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: [ILUG] New Linux Distro (Possibly.. ;)
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Just wondering if there would be anyone interested in helping out in 
> creating a Linux Distro.
> 
> The goal would be a distro that large scale enterprises would use.
> 
> Let me know if there is interest in this, since I'm not doing this on my 
> own!! ;)
> 
> //Anders Holm
> 
> 
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