Gobo and ROSA (info) ...

un1x · 12-22-2016, 09:15 AM

i'd like to install either one of those ...

someone who has used it can inform ?

how is this:

Quote:

GoboLinux is a modular Linux distribution: it organizes the programs in your system in a new, logical way. Instead of having parts of a program thrown at /usr/bin, other parts at /etc and yet more parts thrown at /usr/share/something/or/another, each program gets its own directory tree, keeping them all neatly separated and allowing you to see everything that's installed in the system and which files belong to which programs in a simple and obvious way.

This is what you see in the root of a GoboLinux system:

Code:

~] cd /
/] ls
Programs
Users
System
Data
Mount

https://gobolinux.org/at_a_glance.html

http://en.rosalinux.com/

un1x · 12-23-2016, 11:36 AM

/Programs is where all programs reside. No exceptions. You can explore what is installed in the system by looking inside it:

Code:

/] cd /Programs
/Programs] ls

AfterStep     E2FSProgs    Htop        NTP          Subversion
ALSA-Driver   Ed           HTTPD       OpenOffice   Sudo
ALSA-Lib      Eject        Hydrogen    OpenSSH      Swfdec
ALSA-OSS      Elinks       IBM-Java2   OpenSSL      Synaptics
ALSA-Utils    Ethereal     ID3Lib      Pango        SysFSUtils
Ardour        Expat        IEEE80211   Patch        Sysklogd
Audacity      File         IMLib2      Perl         TCL
Aumix         Firefox      InetUtils   Pkgconfig    TeTeX
Autoconf      Flac         Intltool    PodXTPro     Texinfo
Automake      Flex         IpodSlave   Popt         TIFF
Bash          Fontconfig   Iptables    PPP          TiMidity++

...           ...          ...         ...          ...

un1x · 12-24-2016, 09:00 AM

Each program entry contains all files for that program, stored in a versioned subdirectory.

Code:

/Programs] find Bash
Bash
Bash/4.4
Bash/4.4/bin
Bash/4.4/bin/sh
Bash/4.4/bin/bash
Bash/4.4/bin/bashbug
Bash/4.4/info
Bash/4.4/info/bash.info
Bash/4.4/man
Bash/4.4/man/man1
Bash/4.4/man/man1/bash.1
...

un1x · 12-25-2016, 11:33 AM

Multiple versions of a program can be maintained simultaneously, so you can alternate between them as you desire, or even use both at the same time when necessary.

Code:

/Programs] ls -l OpenOffice
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  9 root root 4096 2005-09-22 01:07 1.1.4
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 2005-09-23 04:36 2.0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    5 2005-09-23 04:36 Current -> 2.0

/Programs] ls -l GTK+
total 12
drwxr-xr-x  10 root root 4096 2005-10-02 01:39 1.2.10
drwxr-xr-x   9 root root 4096 2005-08-21 05:48 2.6.7
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    6 2005-10-02 01:39 Current -> 2.6.7
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 4096 2005-10-02 01:39 Settings

Jjanel · 12-26-2016, 02:23 AM

SuccessStory? Posting distro 'fyi' info? I'm confused here, sorry...
Replying to your own post in #2-4, removed it from ZRT visibility unfortunately.

un1x · 12-26-2016, 08:28 AM

I NEED TO KNOW if someone has used it GOBOLINUX

or

R O S A

it was so hard ?

hendrickxm · 01-05-2017, 03:06 PM

I have used ROSA and I think it is great. It supports a lot out-of-the-box.
Gobolinux I have not used. If you like ROSA, both Openmandriva and Mageia are similar.