Sidux 2008.04 Pontos released

[Rick]

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Rick <rwbowers at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> http://www.sidux.com/Article470.html
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>> 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.
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>> There are very few bug reports at present, mostly nitpicks.
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>> Kernel 2.6.27 with support for some newer wireless chipsets.
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>> Enjoy.
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> I'm looking to install a new linux server and am looking for a distribution
> to run.
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> 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?
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> ~Rick
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Doh! Maybe I should have read the article your link pointed to, first.  I
see the web site answers most of my questions. sorry for being so fast on
hitting return.

~Rick

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>> --
>> Collins Richey
>>     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
>>     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
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