qOn Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 05:29:05PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Wed, 28 May 2003, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > [ If there is sufficient interest, this may morph into a Debian subproject. > > Please contact me if you would want to be part of it. --edd ] > > > > Announcing the "Quantian Scientific Computing Environment" > While I like any project which tries to connect Knoppix and Debian > stronger I think the project you mentioned above is doing the second > step. In several threads in the debian-knoppix mailing list especially
"Second step" ? I don't get it? What second step? > at > > http://mailman.linuxtag.org/pipermail/debian-knoppix/2003-March/thread.html > > I tried to explain how this connection between Debian and Knoppix > can be done. I hope we can discuss this at LinuxTag and Debconf 3 / Oslo. Unfortunately, I cannot attend either. > If we will be able to bootstrap a Knoppix CD from a Debian mirror all > other Knoppix derivaties will be as easily to acheave as any Debian > package can be installed. That is a fine goal for the medium to long term. Quantian is about addressing a current niche, and demand, right now. Both goals are complements and do not stand in each others way. Cheers, Dirk -- Don't drink and derive. Alcohol and analysis don't mix.
