If i redesign the look of Linux will it become a separate distribution?

revolutions · 05-28-2007, 01:02 PM

Right thanks for reading, if i redesign a Linux distribution i.e change slash screen, colours, change the apps that come with it, change the name etc. will it become a separate distribution that i could then offer to the public?

stress_junkie · 05-28-2007, 01:14 PM

Yes. You can do whatever you want to do. If you offer it to other people then it will, by definition, be a unique distribution.

revolutions · 05-28-2007, 01:32 PM

ok thanks for the help i will tell you when its finished

pixellany · 05-28-2007, 03:39 PM

Take a look at the hundreds of distros listed at Distrowatch and ask yourself how many are fundamentally different or unique.

If I understand correctly what you are doing, my only question is: Why??

RodWC · 05-29-2007, 03:47 PM

Wouldn't it be better for everyone to try and help a current project?

pixellany · 05-31-2007, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by RodWC

Wouldn't it be better for everyone to try and help a current project?

YESSSS!!!!

tomcdyer · 06-10-2007, 07:45 AM

I think that we should be helping to improve the current mainstream projects, rather than creating hundreds of other smaller ones which do not differ sugnificantly.

samael26 · 06-10-2007, 08:53 AM

The people who try to learn linux use LFS, those who try to get their names attached to a distro as their creators, make cosmetic changes to an existing one and call it a "new" distro.
That's what I think, anyway.

tomcdyer · 06-10-2007, 09:20 AM

Well i think that is prity accurate.

But why do people want to get their name attached to a distro that is just a small modification to another? I wouldn't.