On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:00 AM, main-request@lists.alug.org.uk wrote:
4. Re: Survey (Brett Parker)
Please could you explain what you mean when you said that if I tweek a popular distro I am narrowing my support choices and have interesting software licensing combinations? Please see that it is a specific distro in the already small Linux desktop arena. I am not a techie, and have a resources budget, thus I am hoping to use a popular distro for the kernel / apps infrastructure and security updates rather than build it from scratch. Nonetheless there are specific tweeks. Please see these responses to some other users on another mailing list:
The thing about Linux is that it is not a monopoly in comparison to Microsoft Windows. There is not a Linux distro monopoly either. Thus based on these generics I don't see you have a valid argument. Regarding specifics, basically there is no other distro doing specific k/K alteration for the users in the West/Internationally, rail modelling from a spiritual perspective amongst other differentiators and all this based on a Spiritual Master's wishes and philosophy.
.....Also it is a root based philosophy, thus this distro is for a wider audience. The other popular distros have a big development base though it is only material. This distro is for beyond religion, the spiritual realm. This root based philosophy says water the root of the plant and not it's leaves because then it is successful.
......I hope these responses bring some progress for this important project.
Regards
Meeku
On 21 Jun 20:52, Krishna Birth wrote:
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:00 AM, main-request@lists.alug.org.uk wrote:
4. Re: Survey (Brett Parker)
Please could you explain what you mean when you said that if I tweek a popular distro I am narrowing my support choices and have interesting software licensing combinations? Please see that it is a specific distro in the already small Linux desktop arena. I am not a techie, and have a resources budget, thus I am hoping to use a popular distro for the kernel / apps infrastructure and security updates rather than build it from scratch. Nonetheless there are specific tweeks. Please see these responses to some other users on another mailing list:
See previous question asking *WHY* you'd want to do this, why do you *need* a custom distribution? Short answer: you don't.
The thing about Linux is that it is not a monopoly in comparison to Microsoft Windows. There is not a Linux distro monopoly either. Thus based on these generics I don't see you have a valid argument. Regarding specifics, basically there is no other distro doing specific k/K alteration for the users in the West/Internationally, rail modelling from a spiritual perspective amongst other differentiators and all this based on a Spiritual Master's wishes and philosophy.
This just doesn't make sense to me, or probably most of the other people on the list. What the hell are you going on about?
.....Also it is a root based philosophy, thus this distro is for a wider audience. The other popular distros have a big development base though it is only material. This distro is for beyond religion, the spiritual realm. This root based philosophy says water the root of the plant and not it's leaves because then it is successful.
WTF?
......I hope these responses bring some progress for this important project.
I'll sum that up as "important to you". Have you got a potential userbase in mind, has anyone shown any interest in it, and what is your long term strategy? Have you got a team behind you? Is there a community involved in this "important project"? If not, this isn't an "important project" this is a "hobby". You've so far made absolutely no sense at all in what you're saying. Well done. I do believe that you're actually the first person on list that I've managed to take a very very quick disliking too. Probably just as well I'm not a list admin, otherwise you probably would have been banned from the list by now.
On 22/06/2011 10:57, Brett Parker wrote:
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......I hope these responses bring some progress for this important project.
I'll sum that up as "important to you". Have you got a potential userbase in mind, has anyone shown any interest in it, and what is your long term strategy? Have you got a team behind you? Is there a community involved in this "important project"? If not, this isn't an "important project" this is a "hobby". You've so far made absolutely no sense at all in what you're saying. Well done. I do believe that you're actually the first person on list that I've managed to take a very very quick disliking too. Probably just as well I'm not a list admin, otherwise you probably would have been banned from the list by now.
I'll chip in here to agree with Brett. Matey, I have *no* idea WTF you are on about, and it seems little related to Linux, to no small degree because you appear to know absolutely nothing about Linux, what it does, what it can do, or how it does it.
Sounds to me as if you're after us all to put loads of effort in on your behalf to support some pet project you've dreamt up, and all for no reward, and no benefit to the Linux community..
Let's be clear: what has made Linux the success it is is the community. We all help each other for the common good. What we aren't here for is to provide a free consultancy resource for some likely lad looking for a freeby. Many of us earn our living from working with Linux...
Cheers, Laurie.
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