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[Andrew "ruskie" Levstik <ruskie AT mages.ath.cx>]

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On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 13:33:16 +0200
Eric Schabell <eschabell AT sourcemage.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 01:34:05AM +0200, Jaanus Heeringson wrote:
> > So I'm at it again, burning the midnight oil.
> > 
> > I have recently read a lot of different articles about Linux in general 
> > to try and get a grip on the "feel" out there, and this is some things i 
> > found out:
> > 
> I have been around since before SMGL existed, so will try to say a few
> things inbetween here and you can take them for what you think they are
> worth:
> 
> > 3. A lot of the intermediate users are very tired of choise. They simply 
> > don't want to research at every corner to install the appropriate stuff 
> > (which MTA, DNS etc) and are asking for a "preferred setup". This maby 
> > don't concern us yet, but it might in the future.
> > 
> A basic right we have always tried to keep in Source Mage is that it is
> about choice. Whenever we were confronted with a point in development
> (spell creation, sorcery defaults) we tried to make the choice be set by
> the admin installing our distro. Of course we have some profile spells,
> but they are minimal and I hope they stay that way.
> 
> > My gut feeling is that in order to get some attention we will have to 
> > compete with Gentoo to get it, and since they actually are a for profit 
> > company, it will be quite a task. In my opinion we need to find a couple 
> > of point on how we differentiate us from Gentoo in a good way.
> > 
> We have never been interested in topping Gentoo (at least I never saw
> that as a mission statement while I was PL)... I would rather aim our
> distro as far away from their targets, ideas and behavioural pattern as
> possible. 
> 
> This does not mean we can't do this marketing push, but I hope that
> there will be much thought given to what we really are about (shame to
> lose our identity if you ask me). I realize that this is what you are
> now attempting to do, I just see the focus being a bit too much with
> Gentoo and not enough on what we are about.
> 
> I don't mean any sort of flame about your work, it is definatly a start.
> You made me think and respond so that is good! ;-) I may also be alone
> or in the minority with my opinions, but I toss them out there for
> discussion and as input into your process. 
> 
> Carry on and I watch here from the sidelines with eager eyes,
> 
> erics
> -- 
> Eric D. Schabell M.Sc. - Developer - http://www.sourcemage.org
> irc: irc.freenode.net (#sourcemage), nick -> erics
> 

Choice... yes that's what I like the most about this distro...
and it's the ease of choice that basicaly dragged me to this distro
I mean it's so easy to choose one thing for the other...
It's ussualy not so easy with other distros...
They just put certain stuff under required and be done with it..

The ease of choice is what I want...
and the ease of administration...

As for some pre-prepared system... why not have the installer
ask for a second cd on which the user can have his own cache tarballs...

ruskie

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