Sidux 2008.04 Pontos released

[Rick]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:

> For any who are interested (hmmm! deafening silence in the room), the
> latest Sidux intermediate release is now available. Not really
> important for those who are already running Sidux, since current
> updates are at the same level., but a good entry point for those
> wishing to install since at this point you don't need a #@!%pot of
> upgrades after installing.
>
> http://www.sidux.com/Article470.html
>
> Sid has caught up with the current craze for reworking the Sysv init
> scripts to promote parallel startup. On Fedora and Ubuntu (I think)
> the new function is called upstart. On Debian it's insserv. Per one
> user who is running a light weight desktop manager (not the standard
> KDE), with insserv activated boot to running on the desktop takes only
> 20 seconds.
>
> There are very few bug reports at present, mostly nitpicks.
>
> Kernel 2.6.27 with support for some newer wireless chipsets.
>
> Enjoy.


I'm looking to install a new linux server and am looking for a distribution
to run.

Sidux is a new name to me. Is this yet another linux distribution? Where
does it fall in the Debian/slackware/RedHat camps? What are it's noteworthy
benefits?

~Rick

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>     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
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