This really seems like an Archier Arch, but harder to use. What's the rationale, and what distinguishes it from the other minimalist distros?
A new Linux distro: Hadron is ready
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Re: A new Linux distro: Hadron is ready
#22I liked the flying cow : http://www.gnu.org/graphics/gnu-and-penguin-color-300x276.pn...
(I suppose its a wildebeast but it looks like a cow)
"As you may know, Hadron has only two active developers, me and seqizz. In order to develop Hadron healthfully, we need more developers." -- Burak Sezer
Basically a couple of guys built a package management system and then used that to create a Linux distribution. They don't know the difference between Unix and Linux and they don't have any real reason for creating a new distro other than they could, and they are very enthusiastic about it.
It brings back fond memories of folks running out to create a rock band.
Best of luck guys!
Re: A new Linux distro: Hadron is ready
#23Am I the only one who read that as "Hardon is ready"?
me too :)
Re: A new Linux distro: Hadron is ready
#24http://hadronproject.org/answers/ >6- Why did you create a new distro? Because we can. I am probably going to get my karma downgraded but I have to say what I think. The world doesn't need another me too Linux distro, what a waste.
I think one valid reason for creating a new distribution is if you have some architectural ideas you want to experiment with. A fresh distro may be easier then trying to modify an existing one, due to fewer cascading effects of your changes. But in that case, I would start with something like Linux from Scratch and go from there.
Ideas that I've personally wanted to work on involve system initialization procedures (this was before Upstart came around), packaging tools, overall package layouts, etc. But if I did that I probably wouldn't promote the distro, since it would probably be useless to anyone else but those working on the specific projects.
Re: A new Linux distro: Hadron is ready
#25A few things bother me: 1.) On the About page, the very first sentence states "Hadron is a Unix distribution which is based on Linux kernel and GNU operating system". Linux is not Unix, but they refer to it as "Unix" throughout the website. I'm not trying to be pedantic, but to me, this demonstrates poor situational and historical awareness. 2.) Who's responsible for this project? It's not straightforward to figure t…
Keep in mind that the authors' first language isn't English.
Re: A new Linux distro: Hadron is ready
#26What does this get me that Gentoo does not?
The only thing I can think of is that Hadron is completely Free Software. I don't know of any way on Gentoo to not use non-Free, particularly in satisfying dependencies. (It's been a Very Long Time since I've touched Gentoo, though; that may have changed.)
Gentoo has a license masking feature described at [1]. You specify in make.conf a list of licenses that you like and do not like, and it will not install things that do not match that mask.
1: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=...
Re: A new Linux distro: Hadron is ready
#27Hi guys. I'm the one of them involved in this. Thanks for your time and comments.
Hadron was just a prototype and we made it for "fun". Yes you've read it right. We're not trying to compete with another distro. We don't "aim" somewhere also. It's too fresh to aim somewhere. We don't even desktop environments in our repo (except xfce). As xxqs said, we're not more than 3 people. (I guess that's because we're in Turkey, but it's long story). We made Hadron in a few night hours.
Again, Hadron is an alive prototype. We've released it so you can check a new package management system. Which we think is good enough to continue. Eh?
About the "Unix" thing, I guess it's a typo. Thanks for pointing it.