Ian Murray wrote:
This week's FLOSS Weekly interview is about ClearOS (audio/video at
http://twit.tv/floss168). Apparently they have taken the CentOS
developer's frequently given advice to go away and do it yourself and
will have a 'ClearOS core' release that is their own rebuild from Red
Hat sources that will be the base for the ClearOS enterprise
distribution instead of relying on CentOS as they have before.
Thanks for the link. It makes interesting listening because there are claims
that they tried to engage with the CentOS devs to offer support and resourcing,
but that relationship was not forthcoming... so they intend to build (as I see
it) a direct competitor distribution (i.e. "binary compatible"). Also
interestingly, apparently they have recruited help from the SME/Contribs people,
so I don't know if that means SME will die because it had precious little
resources to start with (and now those resources work for the competition) or
SME will still carry on and be rebased on Clear Core. Also stated in the audio
is that this was all a direct response to the uncertainties around CentOS.
So, it is interesting to see how this is all going to pan out.
My look at the website shows only i386 versions - this is a long way
away from a replacement or alternative to CentOS.
Worth watching as they do have some very positive indications of
supporting and assisting the little guys (small business and home users)
- they also have their foundation registered in New Zealand rather than
the USA as the Kiwis have a more enlightened view on software patents
and protections - particularly in regards to FOSS. (My totally unbiased
view of course as a Kiwi ;-) ).
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