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Thanks for your review. Since we spent several months on CL, let me enlight you with something you missed:

"CollegeLinux uses a fairly ugly default theme..."
Please...spare us...

"One of the main additions that I didn’t test is a “server robot” which automatically installs and configures Apache, PHP, MySQL and other packages for a complete server and development environment."

Right, so if you didn't bother to check the 2 main innovations, the server robot and slapt-get package management, where you can upgrade on the fly with a click every package via an easy to use GUI, why did you bother to write a review ??

"I expect that most people who use it will need to download and install quite a bit of additional software before they would be satisfied it. "

This is not accurate. With slapt-get, as soon as we start adding packages to the repository everyone can download the desired package, e.g. evolution, with no worry about dependencies etc.

" The absence of OpenOffice is mind boggling, as is the absence of programs like Evolution, Firebird, and some of the more popular media players. Oddly, Potato Guy (a game for small children is included). "

OpenOffice will be available soon on the repository. Just for the record, I think that OpenOffice & Evolution are slightly bigger then potato guy, in case you missed it.

It beggar's belief that someone is posting and having a review published without even trying the 2 major features: slapt-get with an integrated gui and a server robot.



Thanks again for your review.
David Costa
Project Leader
CollegeLinux