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Another Linux distro [Re: Caldera installation - something Debian should learn]



R Garth Wood wrote:

> On 21 Apr 1999, Steve Dunham wrote:
> 
> > "Brimhall, GeoffreyX L" <geoffreyx.l.brimhall@intel.com> writes:
> > 
> > > I think the case can be made that for novice users they don't need to
> > > interact with the dpkg install questions.
> > 
> > Yup, this is the biggest problem with Debian - and it is why I'm very
> > surprised that Corel chose to base their distro on Debian.  IMHO, Debian
> > is a very poor choice to base a "user friendly" installation on,
> > because you would have to rewrite the install scripts of half of the
> > packages.
> 
> I second that motion. We are working on a distribution based on debian
> as well.
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> | R Garth Wood                    | Making waves...                     | 
> | Stormix Technologies Inc.       |                                     | 
> | rgwood@stormix.com              |                                     |

I looked at www.stormix.com
It doesn't say it's Debian-based.  Will you advertise that fact?

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