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Today's Topics:
1. Our very own distro! (Arjun Shankar)
2. Re: Our very own distro! (address@hidden)
3. Re: Our very own distro! (Vivek Shah)
4. GNOME Outreach Program: Accessibility (Debarshi Ray)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:59:49 +0530
From: "Arjun Shankar" <address@hidden>
Subject: [Glug-nith-discuss] Our very own distro!
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Hi all,
VIvek, Sagar and I were hanging on #glug-nith today, and after much
confusion over which distro Sagar should switch to, we sort of
thought, 'why not make our own?'.
I am not talking about getting a top entry in distrowatch. I'm not
even talking about getting an entry in distrowatch at all. This could
be an educational experience for us, if nothing else.
So, if you think we should do it, please reply to this mail with the
subject line 'Re: Our very own distro!' (as it should be) and the
first line in the body in the format:
<package manager>
Which basically means the package manager you would like to see in it.
(I don't see much sense in writing our own, but if thats what you want
to vote for then feel free to do so).
We could also go in for picking up the sources from a distro that uses
the package manager (i.e. In a way, simply customizing their ISO, and
making our own builds and repos). In this case, I guess it can't
really be called 'Our very own distro', but who cares! ;)
I've never done this kind of thing before, and I guess most people on
this list have not, so it will be a very good experience for all of
us.
After that mandatory first line, feel free to discuss/criticize/comment.
Arjun
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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:03:16 +0530
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Subject: [Glug-nith-discuss] Re: Our very own distro!
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pacman
Reason why I want to use it:
1. I use pacman (arch)
2. (and more importantly)
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fbsplash/fbsplash/PKGBUILD
(a sample buildscript, which looks pretty much like bash, and
therefore is easy to catch on to)
Arjun
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:17:46 +0530
From: Vivek Shah <address@hidden>
Subject: [Glug-nith-discuss] Re: Our very own distro!
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:03:16PM +0530, address@hidden wrote:
> pacman
Pacman.
I too agree. Its simpler for people to learn. apt would have been fantastic but
I don't think we need so many features. I feel we need a simple Package Manager
which people can understand. About building our own Package Manager, that would
be like kicking arse. :-D
I suggest we use LFS.
For more info check
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205917063
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/os-lfs/?ca=dgr-lnxw01BuildLinux
As Arjun forgot to mention, I think we can decide on a name for the distro too.
Personally I have no suggestion. It's not necessary that the distro be named
after NITH or GLUG-NITH ie nitx or glugnitx or whatever. I agree with Arjun too
that its better if we keep a name not directly related to College or GLUG(BTW we
agreed on this on IRC :))
Let's join in the fun and learn. :-D
Regards,
Vivek
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:22:26 +0530
From: "Debarshi Ray" <address@hidden>
Subject: [Glug-nith-discuss] GNOME Outreach Program: Accessibility
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http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/gop-a11y.html
"BOSTON, Mass—February 27, 2008 — The GNOME Foundation is running an
accessibility outreach program, offering USD$50,000 to be split among
individuals. This program will promote software accessibility
awareness among the GNOME community as well as harden and improve the
overall quality of the GNOME accessibility offering."
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"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life."
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<packet Manager>
ill b very happy to join in
Regards
Agam
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