discuss: TLDP in Linux distros
Subject:
Re: [discuss] TLDP in Linux distros
From:
Machtelt Garrels ####@####.####
Date:
28 Sep 2005 08:10:12 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0509280813150.20242-100000@cobra.xalasys.com>
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Hello All,
This thread has died quietly, but I wanted to resume. All in all it seems
that we are not doing so bad. How is the Fedora thing going on?
Tille.
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Machtelt Garrels ####@####.####
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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Stein Gjoen wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
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