Re: Linux on Laptop: Success!

[awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>>>>I guess we'll have to create our own distribution to get it 
perfect ...
>>>>Anyone up for a BSware overhaul?   :{)
>>>Careful, you may be opening a can of worms:)
>>>That said, "Sure!"
>>The major can of worms is that we can't please everybody.
>>Screw everybody else, please me!  This is America after all.
>>My "perfect" distribution may not be perfect to anyone else.
>>No, but I'd bet it would be alot like mine.
> I think we could work something out.   :{)

Only if your offering stock options! ;}

>>>Personally I was thinking of something a little simpler.
>>>Like maybe adding a few kernel patches that Adam mentioned.
>>>And/or adding a few packages, like XFCE, to BSware.
>>Yea.  Kernel + USB + NFSv3 + ResierFS + Trustees (ACL) + LVM + Alsa
>>And make the UI XFCE + GMC from XDM, and include ODBC.
> Sounds good to me.
>But who's going to maintain these RPM's every time Redhat
>releases a new update to them?

Good question. If "this" were a KLUG project, maybe a few people could 
take their favorite package?

>>>One major problem is the lack of space we have available
>>>without going to another CD.

>>I think ALOT could be pitched.  Depends on how general you want the 
distrib to
>>be.

> There are a few things that could be pitched.  (inn . . .)

Oh, I was thinking more of a slash and burn approach.  Drop all them 
inferior window managers (that is, all those besides XFCE), the KDE/Qt 
fiasco, Gnome panel applets (since they don't work with XFCE anyway, 
and GMC duplicates much of the functionality).

>>>I'm still not sure if I want to hack up BSware like this or not.
>> Neither am I.
>I probably won't do it by myself.
>But, if someone (like Adam :) want's to maintain the custom RPM's,
>them I'll consider it.

Most RPM's could be used "unchanged" I think.

>>>The major advantage of keeping BSware the way it is (stock Redhat
>>>with official Redhat updates) is I don't have to support it.
>>>If someone has a problem, I can pass the buck to Redhat.
>>>(hey, it's stock Redhat, ask them! :)
>> You pass the buck to me, and I'll point back at you,  just like real 
IT vendors!
> There we go!   :{)

Is that a venture capatalist knocking at my door?  Quick, I better 
take that photo of Marx down off the wall.