Re: .bin file and other annoyances

Kevin Bucknum skrev:

1. A basic linux desktop distro install with a list of tools that a
"normal" iSeries developer/admin can install and use.

I would strongly suggest not even thinking of building a distribution -
too much hassle, too little benefit. It is much better to just supply
another software repository to an existing distribution (personally I
use 9.04 as vmware player is supported) and then just tell people the
few steps needed to add the software repository, and the "pull
everything in"-package name. The mechanism is described here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/add-applications/C/extra-repositories-adding.html

A good long term goal would be to get the packages created in the main
Debian repository.

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Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen "...plus... Tubular Bells!"

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