Local distributions

Posted Jun 8, 2004 10:06 UTC (Tue) by angdraug (subscriber, #7487)
In reply to: Local distributions by jaldhar
Parent article: Interview: Nirav Mehta of newly launched Utkarsh.org (NewsForge)

Ah, so the reason to start separate local distribution is that you can localize Debian, but when you want Red Hat or similar, you have to do your own distro? I will add that to my list of Debian advocacy arguments...

As a second thought, I still see holes in you argument in favor of Red Hat. If Utkarsh folks create their own distro, it will inevitably deviate from Red Hat far enough that the blessed enterprise stuff will no longer work, or at least work no better in any other LSB-compliant distro. OTOH if the driver is availability of commercial support services (as opposed to support by commercial software) specifically for Red Hat, I don't see why this is not a Red Hat localization project. If local support infrastructure is not Red Hat specific, it could provide Debian support service just fine.