[plug] New CA distro?

[Senectus .]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:02:08 +0800, garry <garbuck at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> Senectus . wrote:
> 
> >I was browsing the plug site and I noticed this:
> >Giving back to the community: putting together a new Debian
> >Sarge-based distribution for Computer Angels.
> >
> >Just out of interest, why are they making a distro of their own?
> >Wouldn't it make more sense to use plain jane Ubuntu (not being
> >biased.. its just that  Ubuntu from what I can tell is Sarge
> >anyway...).
> >
> >I'm not attacking their methods, just taking an interest :-)
> >
> >
> >
> As an ordinary member of CA, here is my understanding..
> 
> CA is involved in using computers which are far from cutting edge..
> 
> The distro must therefore only contain a task oriented selection [hdd
> space] of small effective applications [RAM shortage] in a lean window
> manager.. As CA's major mission is computer literacy, a given set of
> software makes training much easier..
> 
> It also has to be very stable to use, and have a wide selection of
> device drivers available.. It has to "just work", the clients don't need
> to tweek anything..
> 
> Also phylisphically, only "free" software is used. Licencing is an
> important consideration, if there is ambiguity it is not used.

Ok that makes sense.. but its my understanding (and experience) that
Ubuntu pretty much fills all those requirements and more... plus it
has a _much_ larger user base / support base with already excellent
documentation.

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