[OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

[Peter Tribble]

On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 12:06 AM, cjt <cheljuba at prodigy.net> wrote:

> On 05/24/2014 10:10 AM, Peter Tribble wrote:
>
>> I continue to tinker with Tribblix,
>>
>
> Interesting, but what's the rationale for Tribblix, given the availability
> of OpenIndiana?
>

That is, of course, a fair question.

If you think about the diversity of distros in the Linux world, they
tend to be differentiated in two primary ways, by packaging, and
by function. Where function could be desktop or server or
appliance, with subcategories in each (such as the choice of
desktop environment).

Tribblix differs significantly from OpenIndiana in both respects
- packaging is SVR4 vs IPS (and that is a deliberate choice);
desktop is Xfce and Enlightenment vs JDS/Gnome. The server
functions of Tribblix aren't yet fully fleshed out, but again it's
likely to do things differently.

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-Peter Tribble
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