[wplug] Sorcerer

[bgtrio]

My understanding is that Sorceror is no longer being actively developed?  
I could be wrong about that.  I tried it about 6 months ago but didn't 
find anything compelling about it to make me give up redhat.  


Two more related projects you may want to check out:

Gentoo linux www.gentoo.org
Lunar-linux www.lunar-linux.org (this started its life as a fork of the 
sorceror project)

running redhat 8 at home and so far very satisfied so far -- Bryguy


On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Carmelo Edwrd Piccione wrote:

> 
> 
> On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, SCOTT F KIESLING wrote:
> 
> > Hi folks-
> > I am thinking of trying out the Sorcerer distribution, and would like to
> > hear if anyone else has tried it out. I currently use Debian, but I would
> > actually like to make a few more decisions about what goes into the
> > system. Sorcerer seems like a good compromise between a binary package
> > system and something like Linux From Scratch, which I don't think I'm
> > ready for yet. Any comments welcome.
> >
> > see
> > http://www.distrowatch.com/sorcerer.php
> > or
> > http://sorcerer.wox.org
> >
> > Scott
> 
> Hey Scott, I have tried out sorcerer gnu/linux, and part of me really
> loved it. Installing new packages by source was extremely easy. The
> program even asks about optional dependencies for more common packages. However,
> when I used it anyway, if you stop the install/compilation (for whatever
> reason) in a critical period when the database is being updated, it can
> potentially wipe out entire packages. Assuming this is fixed, the
> install/maintenance tools provided by the distro are excellent. Also, it
> includes a reiserfs rather than ext3 option if you so desire.
> 
> My recommendation would be to try out the derivitive of sorcerer
> gnu/linux, which is Linux from Scratch (I think its mentioned in other
> threads). It is a bit more stable and full-featured. Check out
> 
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org
> 
> for more info
> 
> Carmelo
> Discrete Math and Computer Science
> Carnegie Mellon University
> 
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