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Old 05-28-2007, 01:02 PM   #1
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If i redesign the look of Linux will it become a separate distribution?


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?
 
Old 05-28-2007, 01:14 PM   #2
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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.
 
Old 05-28-2007, 01:32 PM   #3
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ok thanks for the help i will tell you when its finished
 
Old 05-28-2007, 03:39 PM   #4
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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??
 
Old 05-29-2007, 03:47 PM   #5
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Wouldn't it be better for everyone to try and help a current project?
 
Old 05-31-2007, 05:51 AM   #6
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Wouldn't it be better for everyone to try and help a current project?
YESSSS!!!!
 
Old 06-10-2007, 07:45 AM   #7
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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.
 
Old 06-10-2007, 08:53 AM   #8
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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.
 
Old 06-10-2007, 09:20 AM   #9
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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.
 
  


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