Cucumber...
http://www.cucumberlinux.com/
Cucumber Linux aims to provide a Linux distribution that is usable as an every day, general purpose operating system. It aims to this in as minimalistic a way as possible and in a way that follows the Unix Philosophy. Cucumber Linux favors simplicity and modularity of design over simplicity of use. While developed independently, Cucumber's design is heavily influenced by Slackware Linux... http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=cucumber |
No thanks. I'll stick with the real thing.
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First thought: "wow, even their web design looks like slackware.com"
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Hi,
Why move from the real thing? No gains by using a fork to feed the ego of a copier! Have fun & enjoy Slackware! :hattip: |
Uh.....no. Slackware is the only distribution for me.
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"A huge thanks goes out to Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux and the Linux from Scratch development team. I couldn't have done it without inspiration from your systems and guidance from your buildscripts."
That's fine and stuff, but I have to ask ... why? It seems like he's just trying to recreate Slackware, and even using parts of Slackware's SlackBuild scripts. Edit: and also using the same package management tools. |
"Cool." ;)
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IANAL and I should MYOB ... but I wonder ...
Is it OK with Pat to re-license Slackware as Cucumber under the MIT License ? -- kjh |
It seems like a good thing to me. Forks and derivatives help spread Slackware-like knowledge. Even if Cucumber is a copy or "dies on the vine" it's fun to see how others imitate the best Linux distro ever!
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Cucumber has me confused on the meaning of "Based on: Independent."
Well they had to start somewhere and they chose a great place to start, as long as they don't step on any copyrights then I don't see what the problem is, and overtime they'll probably drift away onto their own thing. A college student started it. |
rofl, cucumber linux.
what's next, Pumpkin linux ? |
I guess cucumber because onebuck already introduced carrot back in 2014....
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ot-4175516202/ |
Let's not forget the irish version potato linux.
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I think you all are being a little hard on Cucumber.
If someone wants to fork Slackware, at least it's not yet another *buntu (though I do think the comment about the derivative website is valid). I'm downloading the *.iso now and will throw into VirtualBox tomorrow or the next day, just to see what it looks like. |
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