[plug] Storm Linux 2k

[Chris Cornish]

Hi Michael  yes i was successfull and have it on cd here so oyu can collect
it when you are ready e-mail me off the list to arrange a pickup time


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hunt" <Michael.J.Hunt at usa.net>
To: <plug at linux.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 8:10 AM
Subject: RE: [plug] Storm Linux 2k


> > On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 02:08:49PM +0800, Darrell Horrocks wrote:
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > Did anyone actually put a copy of Storm Linux anywhere on WAIX??
> >
> > Yeah, I'm quite intrigued by this distro....
>
> I think Chris, and Gavin were pulling copies of Storm down, but I haven't
> heard anything about weather they were successfull, or had finished.
>
> > If anyone on plug has a chance to try out both this and Corel Linux,
> > I'd really appreciate it if you could do a comparison of the two and
> > send it to the list :).
>
> I think as a tech (now unemployed) that I couldn't use a distro like Corel
> as it is aimed at the user, not the type of person who wants to get under
> the hood !!!! But I am not talking from experience here having never
touched
> Corel Linux version 1.0 ..... *grin*
>
> I am very interested in Storm because it is based on Debian and has the
goal
> of making it easier to install and administer. Basically it is still aimed
> at the Tech market wanting "enhanced" Debian distro. It seems to me that
> Storm is to Debian, what Mandrake is to RedHat one and the same but the
> former taking time to improve on the latter's shortcomings.
>
> So to conclude my rambling .....
>
> 1. Corel is made for the masses (leave it alone until a later version)
> 2. Storm is made for a market (get a copy as soon as you can.
>
> Michael Hunt
>
> P.S. If my comments have stirred up a sense of indignation at my hack on
> certain distro's then so be it. To put it another way "Let the flame wars
> begin".
>
> > Nice to see some Debian-based distros finally emerging.
> >
> > > Regards
> > > Darrell Horrocks
> >
> > Pete.
> > --
> > http://cygnus.uwa.edu.au/~pete/
> >
> >
> > --
> > hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict:
> > 127. You bring your laptop and cellular phone to church.
> >
> >
>
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