Re: [FarsiLinux] New member & suggestions

[Arash Bijanzadeh]

On Wednesday 30 July 2003 14:34, Aryan Ameri wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 July 2003 15:42, Arash Bijanzadeh wrote:
> > > > - None of these features need to be there for the first release.
> > >
> > > It depends on what you mean by the first installer. Are you talking
> > > about 0.1 or 1.0 ?
> > >
> > > > Hence I suggest:
> > > >
> > > > The next immidiate release shoud be based on KNOPPIX 3.2. It has
> > > > almost all, except Farsi installer. But that's fine.
> > >
> > > I don't see what Knoppix 3.2 can offer more than shabdix. The
> > > single most visable change in Knoppix 3.1 to 3.2 was in the
> > > inclusion of KDE 3.1. As we achieved this in Shabdix, then I don't
> > > see the reason to remaster Knoppix 3.2 Yes I know that Knoppix 3.2
> > > also has some other improvments over 3.1, but those are trivial in
> > > my opinion. It would be cool to remaster Knoppix 3.2, but it is not
> > > badly needed. Especially, I don't see how it may help us in
> > > creating a Farsi Linux distro and Installer.
> >
> > We need a QT wrraper for the installation script. Putting it on the
> > desktop would be cool I think
>
> Agree. It would be really cool, and user-frinedly.
>
> > > And BTW, I am currently downloading Mepix.
> >
> > It is not comparable to knoppix. Really bad hardware detection and
> > slower.
>
> OK, so I am going to skip it.
>
> Now I will  download Morphix (a Modular Knoppix Derivative) and Yoper (a
> new distro geard towards i686 optimization)
>
> > And what  do you think of the extra CDs for standard distro's?
>
> A really nice idea. However given our current resources, I think this
> one shouldn't be high in our agenda, and should wait after we have
> reached some milestones in our own distro.

Do not agree!
 It is just a matter of packaging. And for our own distro we need both the 
packages and the experience of packaging.
AND because of conflict with aictc we should do something ASAP, to prove 
ourself in the action.

>
> Cheers