Re: [BLACKBOX] Seasoned Linux.

From: [at]} <Norayr>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:24:35 +0400

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Comon, nobody created an Oberon distribution, because there's no user
community comparable to the GNU/Linux community.
If I add a package management to the A2 or Native Oberon, and beautify a
couple of things which I would like to see there, add a nice installer,
and vuala - I can distribute it as an Oberon OS distro.

Norayr Chilingarian

On 01/19/11 05:25, Chris Burrows wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlackBox [mailto:BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
>> gunnar bernhardt (VDI)
>> Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 6:06 AM
>> To: BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
>> Subject: Re: [BLACKBOX] Seasoned Linux.
>>
>> c) 'What distribution / Linux Version do I use...'
>> -> This is the exact reason I shy away from Linux / BSD. It may be
>> necessary for targetting anything besides i386/i64, but it is
>> still far from being pleasant.
>>
>
> Good question! This issue poses particular problems for an application
> developer like myself. Been there; done that! In my Unix developer days we
> had to maintain our system on multiple flavours of Unix: SCO Xenix, SCO
> Unix, SunOS, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, ICL something or other and probably a few
> others I have forgotten. Each had their own quirks and idiosyncracies. For
> many years there was the promise of a 'Unified Unix' but it never happened.
> Cross-platform compatibility? What a joke! It was a nightmare for developers
> and tech support depts.
>
> Fast forward 20 years and as far as I can see, Linux has inherited this Unix
> 'feature' as well as all the others. Ubuntu? Debian? Redhat? Fedora? SUSE,
> openSUSE? Mandriva? Gentoo? Slackware? Yggdrasil? Knoppix? Devil-Linux?
> Sidux? Kanotix? UserOS? etc. etc?
>
> On top of that there are additional desktop environments to support. Gnome?
> KDE? Something else?
>
> I can understand how this appeals to some people e.g. those who have more
> time on their hands than money in their pockets; those who spend more time
> under their car than behind the wheel etc.
>
> The Oberon OS / BlackBox concept of cross-platform capability (i.e. a
> complete operating environment hosted on a variety of platforms) is an
> interesting one that works excellently when *everything* (or at least
> *most*) you want to do can be isolated to the environment with only limited
> access to the host's features. Unfortunately, that is often not the case.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> Chris Burrows
> CFB Software
> http://www.cfbsoftware.com
>
>
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