[indiana-discuss] Re: [indiana=discuss] Name of Distro?

[Alvaro Lopez Ortega]

John Sonnenschein wrote, On 20/06/07 20:36:

 >> How do we make both an OpenSolaris-named distribution (which is one of
 >> the problems that we are trying to solve here - create what so many
 >> people come to the site to get - OpenSolaris) and not be unfair at the
 >> same time?
 >
 > When people go to get "Linux" ( or even "GNU/Linux" ) they don't
 > seem to have a problem grasping the idea that they need to download
 > Ubuntu or Fedora or whatever... why should it be such a stretch of
 > the imagination for them to grasp the concept that OpenSolaris is
 > just a pile of code as well ?

   And why is it such a big issue if, beside of the pile of code, we
   have a pile of binary packages covered under the same wing? It makes
   pretty good sense to me.

   For instance, think of the BSDs. FreeBSD is a pile of code, but it
   also has a binary distribution, and there are also third party
   project which build more FreeBSD based distros.

   Calling it OpenSolaris would make things easier for beginners and
   would also link the project with the community. I cannot see any
   disadvantage on the proposal, actually.

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Greetings, alo.