GoboLinux

[therandthem]

My Linux distribution of choice is GoboLinux (http://www.gobolinux.org). While it is not popular now, it stands to grow in the near future because of its unique and friendly way of handling package management. Is there any way I can work with you to have this added? What do you need to know about it to make it easier? What do I need to know about your install process to tell you the location and format of certain configuration files? I'd be happy to do anything to help.

Thank you,

therandthem

[matta]

Will look into it... I might be able to take their live cd, remove all of the X related packages and provide that. I'm definitely looking forward to providing as many distros as possible as it is a key advantage for us. For example, Slackware... it's difficult if not impossible to find a reasonable dedicated server provider that will install Slackware for you. For this reason I chose to offer it as an image.

[therandthem]

GoboLinux uses a kernel patch called GoboHide (http://gobolinux.org/index.php?page=doc/articles/gobohide) to deal with the unique file system layout. More information can be found at the link provided. I would suggest that you maintain you own unixshell# kernel as you already do and simply apply this patch to your current offerings. If there are any problems with the patch I can report back on it to the GoboLinux project and help work through any problems.

Thanks,

McKinley

[therandthem]

I was not aware of this, but the GoboHide patch is completely optional. Quoting from the GoboLinux site:People who suggest this are also implicitly suggesting one of two things: to compile relative to a tree and then install relative to another; or to compile relative to a tree and then use a redirection hack on installation. I don't like any of the two approaches... I don't like the idea of an operating system built around a hack that can be at any moment circumvented by a new system call or some unorthodox access method. Some might say that GoboHide, for example, also falls in this ``low-level hack'' territory. I point out, then, that GoboHide is not mandatory: GoboLinux is designed to work with a vanilla Linux kernel.

Don't let the GoboHide patch hold up your research. It should work with your existing kernels.

Thanks again,

therandthem