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WIll be interesting to see how this fares long-term. The article doesn't mention why a custom distro was needed rather than one of the standards, and the runnin
by neil_s 13y ago
WIll be interesting to see how this fares long-term. The article doesn't mention why a custom distro was needed rather than one of the standards, and the running cost of now patching their own OS every time a linux bug or vulnerability is found.
- mknittig 13y agoIt's ISO certified and AFAIK it's just Ubuntu (previously Debian) with some bells and whistles.
- drill_sarge 13y agoIt's no custom distro. It's Ubuntu 10.10 LTS. Only thing which they added was WollMux: http://www.wollmux.net/wiki/Hauptseite http://www.wollmux.net/wiki/Hauptseite Also they switched from OpenOffice to LibreOffice
- mkesper 13y agoEnglish description of WollMux: http://code.google.com/p/wollmux/ http://code.google.com/p/wollmux/ In short: OpenOffice.org plugin with enhanced template, form, and autotext functionality.
- skriticos2 13y agoSince when was 10.10 an LTS release? 10.04 was an LTS release and 12.04 was an LTS release. All in between were intermediate releases. 10.10 is an 18 month support release, which long passed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Version_timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Version... 10.04 and 12.04 are the only ones with current support.
- drill_sarge 13y agosorry, meant 10.04
- mkesper 13y ago10 years is no short timespan to survive in politically influenced arena.