why arent they moving forward with devuan-like momentum?
From where I sit, their momentum has exceeded, continues to exceed that of devuan.
If requested, I'll post a bulleted list of the achievements/differences I've noticed.
Really though, I had hoped you'd check/compare for yourself.
re-reading, I noticed "bring on the facts!"
I'll just quickly mention three points:
~~ antix/MX isn't just a debian8+dfce "blended fork"(?) ala devuan
they are providing value-added tools which they've developed in-house
(for instance "MX menu editor for xfce")
~~ MX both respects/enables user's choice to remain systemd-free
AND offers a degree of support (without chastizing) to users who DO choose to use systemd init.
~~ MX is actively engaged in packaging user-requested non-systemd-dependent versions of programs,
often satisfying a request within 24 hours. Additional (non-requested) packages are also reqularly
released, and are "announced" (via both user forum and twitter, IIRC)
~~ antix/MX ARE USING A DERIVED, FEATURE-EXPANDED, VERSION OF THE CLEVER
LIVEBOOT SNAPSHOT UTILITY CREATED BY fsmithred. (The point of contrast here
is that devuan is not yet supporting live / persistence / frugal / install / snapshot)
though your claims so far are no more backed up than mine
review this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=594I tried to be helpful, citing (providing a link to) an alternative build framework which
seems to be compatible with your stated goal, mentioning that it (antix) might even be
based on devuan [someone posted to state that it is not].
In response (granted, it's only been a few days since then) no "thanks" nor "thanks, but no thanks"
just a change of subject and shifted attention, jabberjawing here in this thread.
Apologies for stating my perception so pointedly that it came across as an attack on your character.
I'm usually opinionated and, yep, sometimes sharp-tongued... but I'm not into drama.
You'll find no quarrel with me; I'm here to exchange ideas.
when did the party start exactly? i was using debian testing, and one day systemd came in.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014
topic: "a plea: in antix v14R final... please omit (shim) systemd"
http://antix.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=5237Although I try to avoid the feds (and ex-wives) by using a different username at each site,
my goofy, parenthesized, run-on, writing style is probably easily recognizeable.
What else? I have multiple wiki user accounts at without-systemd.org (oops, lost password)
and contributed quite a lot of edits/additions to the list of distros, but am unsure of the
start date of my participation there.
So, yeah... welcome to the party.
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Now, moving on...
Because you've expressed an interest in "creating a distro"
and preferably not maintaining/distributing an iso
here's an example of an implementation method that you may (or may not) wish to consider:
http://antix.freeforums.org/modified-an ... t6129.htmlhttps://github.com/KERNELULTRAS/LegacyIce-antiX