Linux a la Carte [LWN.net]

Linux a la Carte

Posted Mar 11, 2004 12:33 UTC (Thu) by rise (guest, #5045)
In reply to: Linux a la Carte by ordonnateur
Parent article: Linux a la Carte

I think the point isn't that CL doesn't let you do anything that was impossible before, instead it makes special purpose setups easier. It's similar to the "Turing Complete" aspect of most programming languages - external interfaces aside you can perform any operation that one T.C. language can do in any other language, but some languages make certain tasks far easier. The Progeny folks seem to be trying to move the dividing line between "we could theoretically build our own distro for this" and "I'll throw together the setup we need this week" pretty far in the direction of greater ease.

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Linux a la Carte

Posted Mar 11, 2004 14:46 UTC (Thu) by jeremiah (guest, #1221) [Link]

This sounds great actually. I hate being in the business of trying to pair down redhat/fedora for our clients, as well as our servers. I'd love a 'java/cipe/tn5250/cron' machine out of the box. I know all this can be done with kickstart etc, but I get tired of doing it, and would like to have someone else save me that time. It's cheaper for me to be writing code and using an out of box solution, than having to figure out the latest dependencies for my own mini-special purpose distro.

I think that's probaly what will happen too. Fedora will add more options to there initial setup list. Not just Server, Workstation, Laptop, but also Router, VPN client, Mailserver, Webserver etc. It would just simplify things a little. Of course you'll still have to customeize them to get hings just right, thus defeating the entire purpose, but just maybe it'll make it a little eaiser.

I need my morning Jolt don't I?