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We all have our likes and dislikes and wish there were distros that were nearer our ideal distro. Well instead of wishing for them why don't some of us get ...
- 02-09-2005 #1Just Joined!
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Let's make our own distro!
We all have our likes and dislikes and wish there were distros that were nearer our ideal distro. Well instead of wishing for them why don't some of us get together and make our own? There is no real reason why we can't do so.
If anyone is interested in this idea please email me so that we can begin chatting about it. If enough people are interested then maybe we could even have a forum on this board for public discussions?
- 02-09-2005 #2Linux Enthusiast
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- 02-09-2005 #3Linux Guru
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Or lakerdonald
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- 02-09-2005 #4Linux Engineer
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We don't need another distro, there's already way too many as it is. If you're not happy with the current distros, look up Linux From Scratch and make something based off that.
- 02-09-2005 #5Linux Guru
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almost done with jedi linux beta 0.0.3 haha
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- 02-09-2005 #6Linux User
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Well, what kinds of things are you looking to do in this distro?
I've been wanting a package manager that handles both binary and source, remembering on a per package basis, and which allows you to directly pass ./configure options on the command line without relying on something more generic like use flags (sorry if I misunderstand how Gentoo works with that). ABS is great and all, but I dislike that it can't even upgrade automatically for packages in Arch's binary repository.
I'd also like it to try to detect new versions of source on ftp's for packages not in the repository, and if found adjust the build script automatically for the new version. Again, ./configure options must be passable from the command line, in this case with the option to override the buildscripts options, or overwrite them entirely.
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- 02-09-2005 #7Linux Newbie
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im interested in making my own distro just for the fun of it.
- 02-09-2005 #8Linux Guru
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when will the hurd version be done? Originally Posted by lakerdonald almost done with jedi linux beta 0.0.3 haha Originally Posted by jeremy1701 Or lakerdonaldBrilliant Mediocrity - Making Failure Look Good
- 02-09-2005 #9Linux Guru
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get back to me on that
- 02-10-2005 #10Linux Newbie
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im also begining with a friend to make a new distro
, i know there is a book out that you can get for 13.99 if you pre-order it. I dont know the name though. 
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