Yes, so long as you can see that perspectives are only perspectives and not reality, I think you'll progress in the right direction

You are lucky no Debian fan came around this yet or you'd have a burning post

Why don't you try something less conservative and use T2 to build your distro?

What's wrong with that? debian is used to build heaps of distros, all are really good and i'm sure they all give credit back to debian for providing such an awesome base.

Hrmm T2 looks very intresting! I'm glad you pointed this out, I will start my reading now thanks

I'm coming in late, so take for what it is worth. If i were doing something like this, I would consider putting up a Website with a vision statement and other details about the project. It would include a way to make inputs. The trick is how to promote said Website--given the rules in the various fora.

As for one of main sub-themes---to wit: "What problem are you trying to solve?" My advice is to be sure you have a clear vision that is shared with your collaborators. Given the glut of distros, I think this should include ideas on how specific issues can be solved--not just ideas of "better" or "more friendly".

/me burns the post

On the side of things, I think your team should have made some thorough documentation about possible bases and see which one they like best, which one they think they can work with best etc. I'm not sure if for a future distribution, which involves a lot of work, the best thing to do is to ask random people on the internet, most of who would probably vote for they favourite distribution anyway.

I voted for (C)LFS 'cause that's what I used as the base for my distro. Of course my distro has a user base of 1.

If you want to create a "new" distro, then do it. Forget what anyone else says. It'll either be a success or it won't, but it'll be a learning experience for sure. Even if the only thing you learn is that you didn't plan worth a sh*t. Better to fail trying than never to try at all.

Yeah thats how i'm thinking... As for the post before

I actually did have a website up but decided to shut it down for a number of reasons, main being I couldn't fill out all the information yet. I think as soon as I have a base i'll get a few screenshots and then put the site up.

Oh well it's worth a try, I don't really mind if it's just peoples fav distro, at the moment I just want an idea... I have always been thinking Debian, I actually started a bit of the project with Debian but then one of the programmers said Gentoo would be much better... and then he said Slackware would even do rather well :s

In a weird twist then, here comes introuble saying Debian would actually be so much better than anything else!

Hi samcal!
I see that you use rpm-distri's like Suse and Mandriva.
At the moment Suse 9.3 could be the best at Suse.
Is it possible to build on Suse 9.3?
Could it be called Open Susy?

Definetly Slackware although Debian comes as good second.

Gentoo is nice but too 'unstable'. Broken packages and has a sort of unfinished touch on it.

If you can build your own distro, why use someone else's?

Slackware is the best (and oldest) Linux distribution.
Try to do better than that; many tried so far, none succeeded.

I vote Debian. At first I was going to vote Gentoo, but Gentoo is Debian based itself.

Why use anything but Slackware???????????

Because I want to.

I think this is a question that would take thousands of post and still be unsolved. There is no better distro to start a new one, it's just a matter of opinions. I like Slackware, others like Gentoo, Debian, etc, etc. There are millions of opinions out there, but that's all they are.

Now, I know opinions can be useful, but you're the one building the distro, and, I assume (which is obvious) you are confortable working with SOME distro. Well, if you are confortable with it, you like it, and it's enough for your expectations then use it ^^. On the other hand, if you are not, then try a few more. Nobody can tell you how good or bad a distro is, you HAVE to try it and see if it suits your needs.

On another subject, I think the fact that there are many distros out there (maybe too many) is no reason to stop making new ones, you never know when a new Ubuntu or Zenwalk is going to pop up. Besides, I'm sure the process of research and development gives you knowledge and experience worth the trouble. It's true the most desirable approach is a linux from scratch, but that depends on the time and dedication you are willing to put on. Either way, good luck