Luis Villa wrote:
On 8/2/07, John Poelstra <poelstra@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * For Fedora 7 we built tools for people to spin their own distro--why > hasn't this caught on more? > * It isn't '''fun''' > * It is difficult because of artwork and logo trademark issues > * Maybe the tools are not as easy to use as we thought (d) It is a niche activity.
I see two things here... I see the value of creating custom Live CDs. And, maybe people are creating them, just not advertising them. Especially, when distributing and advertising runs afoul of trademark issues. The second thing is that the kind of distros that can be done with the current set of tools is rather limited. To get real benefit, I think you have to enable users to build custom/derivative distributions where the derivative distro can make source level changes to packages, add new packages, etc. OLPC is doing this today. Fedora-ARM is relevant only if it is able to do this. There is not much needed from Fedora to support this -- and it does not really change much of what Fedora is. But, by explicitly supporting the activity, Fedora can increase its developer/user base. And, as ideas mature in those derivative projects, some of them can be adapted back into the main project (along with the developers/users who care about it in the first-place). Manas _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
