Grim
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Posted: April 06 2004,01:27 |
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| Quote (Guest @ Mar. 31 2004,10:18) | | You could always create the "base" distribution and then use apt-get to install the various programs that are needed. This could be done by the user or through an installer like interface. |
What's preventing users from doing this now? An "installer-like interface"? Have you been keeping up with the synaptic thread?
What you're suggesting is a duplication of effort and totally unnecessary. For one, DSL is a desktop distro. If you're setting up a Server distro, then the xservers, games, fluxbox, web browsers, text-editors (well, except vi), sylpheed, xpdf, etc... ALL NEED TO GO. All desktop apps are extraneous for your purposes and need to be cut.
So, by the time everything superfluous has been removed, basically, all you have left is the kernel, system progs and the filesystem. If I were building a liveCD server distro, I'd upgrade the kernel to the 2.6.x series (they're snappier).
So, basically, when you get right down to it, DSL is NOTHING like the project you suggest. The best thing one could do is to learn how to create bootable CD-ROMS, use Knoppix's hardware detection scripts, and create your own distro. If you do stick with the Knoppix base, I'd downgrade to Debian stable and not offer the ability for users to upgrade. That way you won't have as many user complaints about unstable software because your distro would be rock-solid.
My two cents, take it for what it's worth.
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