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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As a college student, I know which programs I tend to use more. I know that by being an engineer, this changes my demands slightly, but perhaps several versions of college linux could be prepared with different apps for each.
For me I'd really just like to have a distribution with the following:
1) XFCE 4
2) Firebird
3) Thunderbird
4) Octave/GNUplot
5) Maxima
6) openoffice.org
7) ng-spice-rework/gnucap
8) Electric
And perhaps other programs useful to engineering students
9) gcc
10) python/numeric
That base set with a good package manager would be very ideal. Particularly if it had a good no-configuration installation routine with support for those proprietary systems that are common (nvidia/ati drivers).
Hopefully someone is listening as gentoo and debian are far too much work to simply get to this point.