On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 12:34:55PM +0000, Fergal Daly wrote:
> 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,
>
s/RedHat/Debian/g
s/rpm/deb/g
s/Mandrake/Progeny/g
:)
but seriously, wouldnt a distro with selinux rock ?
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