discuss: TLDP in Linux distros
Subject:
Re: [discuss] TLDP in Linux distros
From:
Stein Gjoen ####@####.####
Date:
16 Sep 2005 11:30:54 -0000
Message-Id: <432AACB0.3070205@mail.nyx.net>
According to LWN, Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier of Distrowatch
has now "gotten a real job". He will therefore not write
more freelance articles for LWN, I am not sure what impact
this will have on Distrowatch itself.
Machtelt Garrels wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Mahesh T. Pai wrote:
>
>
>>UBUNTU contains the following:-
>>
>
> Thanks for reporting on this.
>
>
>>I am not sure that Knoppix and Damn Small Linux will accept our
>>suggestion, since Knoppix is intended as a live cd, while DSL, as the
>>name suggests, is small.
>>
>
> OK, that is reasonable. The next two on the list are Kubuntu and FreeBSD
> ;-) But FreeBSD does not count, I guess, because it uses another kernel.
> So next in the list is SLAX.
>
> Our updated list looks like this:
>
> shipping TLDP | Not shipping TLDP | Unknown
> - -------------------------------------------------------------
> Debian | Fedora | Mandriva
> SuSE 10 | RedHat | MEPIS
> Ubuntu | | Gentoo
> | | Slackware
> | | Kubuntu
> | | SLAX
>
>
> Regarding Rahul's remark about interest levels, do we miss any major
> distro in this list?
LWN has a distribution list, currently listing 462 entries.
Not all are exactly prime targets for TLDP but we might also
consider the "Also well-known" list:
- ASPLinux
- MEPIS Linux
- Rock Linux
- Sun Java Desktop System
- Turbolinux
The category "Non-technical desktop" is probably used by
those most in need of good documentation and also willing
to learn. The list is full of, well, unusual names like
"EvilEntity Linux" and "GoodGoat Linux". Nevertheless we
should have a look at some of these like
- Linspire
- Lycorix Desktop/LX
- Xandros Linux
The full list is at
http://lwn/Distributions/
Regards,
Stein Gjoen
