ryan shane shane_ryaneducationgovie hey afaik isnt hard create modified version redhat distro theres even tarball1 specifically mind people built ximian version redhat used system similar said tarball building distro uses bsd ports system rather rpm deb whatever would complicate things tad imho good idea though ive wondering thing couple months always considered complicated carry makes sense dont discount work like example nialls work bbc maybe general interest irish distro anyone regards shane original message wintermute mailtocouteircomnet sent 13 august 2002 0048 iluglinuxie subject ilug suse 8 disks thread changed slightly rick moen wrote dont like suses product licensing write distribution even grab need _from suse_ heed licensing terms individual pieces unimaginably difficult far know linux kernel hackers distros originate fair island right right yes might veryvery difficult subject abject failure sticking together distro call dolmen linux doubt packaging system would one first places suggestion would stumble like favouring freebsd style ports system others favouring debian style system others still favouring rpm style packaging said lug done interesting things like making blackbox perhaps making distro would umm fun pseudo random thought im laughing outside smile skin deep could see inside im really crying might join weep irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie tue 13 aug 2002 095549 0100 ilug suse 8 disks thread changed slightly