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Re: New Linux Distribution

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On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:44:21 -0700, K. Blechschmidt wrote:

> I want to build this new distribution to make Linux more interessting
> for home users because the most Linux distributions are complicated and
> not so good for home using.

Take for example Ubuntu 10.4 or 11.04.

By my standards, these are pretty easy to use for home users. I know 
several people that have installed this for their parents, and the 
parents stop complaining about everyday problems that they usually had in 
Windows.

It is even easy for them to install new programs using the Ubuntu 
Software Center, just click around and look at interesting applications, 
and click install.

So then I ask you. Comparing to Ubuntu: What will your distribution do 
better, to make your distribution less complicated and easier to use for 
home using? -> What is your selling point?

This is really important to know before you even start.

Also, what distribution will you be building it upon? You should not try 
to start a new distribution from scratch, since you get a lot of free 
security updates, etc from debian/redhat/etc for free, if you build upon 
their existing packaging system etc. Wihtout this, you need a lot more 
people helping you, and soon. Or else you will be prone to having a lot 
of security problems, and slow development. It's not easy creating an 
entire distribution on your own. There is a lot of hours behind a 
distribution.

Just my tips for you. I'm very interested in knowing if you already have 
all this sorted out, so please respond! Maybe someone here is interested 
in your project.

Regards,
Håkon Nessjøen

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New Linux Distribution "K. Blechschmidt" <kblechschmidt96@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-21 18:10 -0700
  Re: New Linux Distribution Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2011-04-22 00:01 -0700
    Re: New Linux Distribution "K. Blechschmidt" <kblechschmidt96@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-22 01:44 -0700
      Re: New Linux Distribution Håkon Nessjøen <no.reply@null.null> - 2011-04-30 08:55 -0500
        Re: New Linux Distribution "K. Blechschmidt" <kblechschmidt96@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-05 07:18 -0700
          Re: New Linux Distribution Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2011-05-07 14:20 -0700
            Re: New Linux Distribution "K. Blechschmidt" <kblechschmidt96@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-08 03:43 -0700
  Re: New Linux Distribution Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2011-04-22 09:11 +0100
    Re: New Linux Distribution "K. Blechschmidt" <kblechschmidt96@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-22 02:16 -0700
      Re: New Linux Distribution "K. Blechschmidt" <kblechschmidt96@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-22 06:03 -0700

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