Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-14 Thread Adam Shand
> Debian seems to have made it as one of the more popular distributions. > I would recommend working on it. Debian could benefit greatly from > some polishing. I agree whole-heartedly on this. It seems to me (from a reasonably brief scan of the SEUL web pages) that Debian and SEUL compliment eac

Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-14 Thread Irmund Thum
Matthew Majka wrote: > Michael Stutz wrote: > >On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, George Bonser wrote: > > > > > I think it might be a better idea to concentrate resources on the one > > > currently available completely free Linux distribution and improve it > > > rather than further fragment the community with

Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-14 Thread Tim Thomson
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Matthew Majka wrote: > I definitely have to agree with these statements. I think > the last thing a new Linux user needs, is another Linux > distribution to choose from. I know I was a bit > dissappointed with the fragmentation when I started with it > (about 3 months ago).

Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-14 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Þann 13-Jan-98 skrifar Matthew Majka: > Please take Debian and improve the > installation utilities (I'm a big fan of SGI's 'swmgr'. > Anyone want to write a clone for dpkg?). I'm a big fan of SGI :-) and it is a good idea to provide a GUI software manager, preferrably written in C/C++. There

Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-13 Thread Erik Walthinsen
> One thing I've never been convinced of is the idea in some distribution > projects that stripping down the number of available packages to only a > relatively few "essential" applications is a good thing for new, home or > office users. With a $2 Debian CD from CheapBytes, one has access to > hun

Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-13 Thread Matthew Majka
Michael Stutz wrote: >On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, George Bonser wrote: > > > I think it might be a better idea to concentrate resources on the one > > currently available completely free Linux distribution and improve it > > rather than further fragment the community with yet another distribution. > > Cou

Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-13 Thread Michael Stutz
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, George Bonser wrote: > I think it might be a better idea to concentrate resources on the one > currently available completely free Linux distribution and improve it > rather than further fragment the community with yet another distribution. One thing I've never been convinced

Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-13 Thread Stephen Gregory
Agreed. There are too many linux distributions out there already. Debian seems to have made it as one of the more popular distributions. I would recommend working on it. Debian could benifit greatly from some polishing. -- Stephen Gregory > > > George Bonser said: > I think it might be a bett

Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-13 Thread arma
The SEUL Project is an organization dedicated to developing a free Linux distribution that presents a viable alternative to commercial PC operating systems. Currently based on RedHat Linux, the SEUL distribution will cover many different aspects of Linux, including: * User-friendly and consistent