UserLinux Proposal (And Analysis) Now Available

Lucky writes "Bruce Peren's idea for UserLinux was much discussed on Slashdot some weeks ago; however, there was no formal proposal. Linuxworld is running an analysis of the proposal and links to the first draft."

UserLinux is bound to do better

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

UnitedLinux to date seems to have had very little impact on the Linux user community - due to SCO's participation and the lack of unilateral support by Linux distribution vendors, most notably Red Hat.

Yes, having SCO and RedHat as organizations supporting your Linux project is a bit of a handicap ...

Draft link

[Anonymous Coward]

Click here [userlinux.com] [goatse.cx]

What I'd Rather Have

[handy_vandal]

I'd prefer a formal analysis of a normal proposal rather than a normal analysis of a formal proposal.

I'd rather have
a bottle in front of me
than a frontal lobotomy.

-kgj

Re:They might want to chat with Sun...

[DeltaSigma]

I hate to take a good discussion off course. But with all due respect, sir, you're stealing all our karma!

Re:My suggestions.

[Anonymous Coward]

They've got one of those here [microsoft.com]. Well, except for the FREE part...and the Linux part and the secure part and the stable part. I guess the good news is you won't need WINE with it.

Re:Distributions too conservative

[Anonymous Coward]

Minesweeper runs exceptionally well under wine, could that be be included?

Re:Need more specific complaint

[Penguinshit]

"Hey Grandma! There's a new program I think you might enjoy called 'Foobar'. Type 'sudo apt-get install foobar', enter your password at the prompt, and tell me how you like the new program!"

"Gee Sonny.. that was swell. And I didn't even have to reboot! Here's a nice apple pie for you to take home to your mother..."