[Maxlinux-devel] Setup Ideas....

[Michael L. <inc...@my...>]

Now none of these come from me, but were posted to the story on the web
site that Enrico put up called "Welcome to IOS!".  To me two of the
technologies do not seem relevant at this time, because one suggests
using Ximian's Setup Tools which is tied to GNOME; and the other one is
Progeny's PGI.  The person who suggest that said take a look at the
Elysium Project, but I keep getting 404s when trying to look at a page
on their site.  Here are the two posts:

Package formats=20
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 29 2002 @ 03:23 PM BST=20
you might be intersted in the packaging system use by Elysium
Gnu/Linux.=20
http://elysium-project.sourceforge.net/=20

You might be interested in using the Piggy Graphical installer created
by Progeny now part of Debian.=20
http://hackers.progeny.com/pgi/=20

I cannot say strongly enough how i think you must use the (Ximian)
Setup Tools.=20
http://www.ximian.com/devzone/projects/xst-devel.html=20
Improve, change them if necessary dont waste time developing yet
another setup tool.=20

Good luck with your distribution, glad to see that following the LSB is
a top priority.=20

Sincerely=20
Alan
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PLEASE No more package technologies=20
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 29 2002 @ 02:20 PM BST=20
Great!! a new linux distro is always a good thing and I think that
every distro should bring it's own unique take on linux. BUT PLEASE
don't bring out yet another package technology. If novice users are
ever going to be attracted to linux then a good (easy to use) software
distribution and installation technology is necessary and they'll tend
to group around the easiest, even as a technically experienced user I
simply don't have the time to bother with tarballs anymore. We need
competition within the linux distro community and the best way to
foster this is to have a standard package system. Their are other areas
that need focus now. I'll be intrested to see what your OS is going to
offer
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So what does everyone think?



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