Linked by Steve Mulder on Fri 31st Jan 2003 07:35 UTC
Why, you might ask, would anyone want to build their own operating system? It's really about being in control and knowing what's going on.In the next few paragraphs I'll explain what motivated me to take on this project, the recipe I used, and what I like about it.
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The point was that it will be a lightweight and minimal operating system, using the lightweight ROX environment providing for fast booting, fast operation and be simple to understand. So it fits the article nicely :-)
The appdir element is another issue to this. But since you mention it, no it doesn't solve *all* problems (but the project is investigating these) but it does solve many and is at least simple. It provides for better updating and uninstalling than is available with LFS. The ROX form also supports self-compiling applications more elegently than LFS or Gentoo (IMHO).
All packaging systems have problems. All operating systems have problems. This is just an alternative and more unique approach which may appeal to some, rather than just yet another Linux distro. There is space out there for your Red Hat's, Debian's, Gentoo's, LFS's, BSD's and others. People choose whichever suits their needs and tastes. New innovation doesn't need to replace what is already there, it just gives more choice, which is a good thing.
That wasn't a flame, just a little spark. Bye! ;-)