Linked by Kevin Arvin on Thu 1st Jan 2004 21:29 UTC
The aim of this experimental Linux distribution is to provide to the student population at large an operating system that is easy to install and use and provides an alternative to the traditional commercial operating systems. CollegeLinux is a Slackware derived Linux (2.4.23) distribution on a single CD that weighs in at 600 MB.
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Hello Eugenia,
I apologize if my comments was a bit over the top. But I disagree. In my humble opinion you can't write a serious review about a distribution leveraging things like:
"CollegeLinux uses a fairly ugly default theme. "
This is not just a subjective evaluation but a flame.
"Oddly, Potato Guy (a game for small children is included)."
The author harped on with the potato guy mantra on the comments, I don't know how serious is this.
Now, the above 2 mentioned comments made me think that a flame war started and I had to defend the work of people like me who did their very best in the last six months.
Granted, he might not like it, or we might be very slow in comparison with Windows XP (I would love to see his bentchmarks thou) but is a public mockery really necessary?
I might agree on the the server robot, but what about the auto update, apt-get like, feature?
I don't think you would consider a review of debian with no mention to apt-get, or a lindows review with no mention of their click and run system accurate and fair.
Once again, I apologize if you had the impression that I was trolling. I was not, I just replied to his verbal aggression.
David Costa, Project Leader, CollegeLinux
P.S. I do like potatoguy