[CentOS] ClearOS rebuild

[Rob Kampen]

Ian Murray wrote:
>
>   
>> This week's FLOSS Weekly  interview is about ClearOS (audio/video at 
>> http://twit.tv/floss168).  Apparently they have taken  the CentOS 
>> developer's frequently given advice to go away and do it yourself  and 
>> will have a 'ClearOS core' release that is their own rebuild from Red 
>> Hat sources that will be the base for the ClearOS enterprise 
>> distribution instead of relying on CentOS as they have before.
>>     
>
> Thanks for the link. It makes interesting listening because there are claims 
> that they tried to engage with the CentOS devs to offer support and resourcing, 
> but that relationship was not forthcoming... so they intend to build (as I see 
> it) a direct competitor distribution (i.e. "binary compatible"). Also 
> interestingly, apparently they have recruited help from the SME/Contribs people, 
> so I don't know if that means SME will die because it had precious little 
> resources to start with (and now those resources work for the competition) or 
> SME will still carry on and be rebased on Clear Core. Also stated in the audio 
> is that this was all a direct response to the uncertainties around CentOS.
>
> So, it is interesting to see how this is all going to pan out.
>   
My look at the website shows only i386 versions - this is a long way 
away from a replacement or alternative to CentOS.
Worth watching as they do have some very positive indications of 
supporting and assisting the little guys (small business and home users) 
- they also have their foundation registered in New Zealand rather than 
the USA as the Kiwis have a more enlightened view on software patents 
and protections - particularly in regards to FOSS. (My totally unbiased 
view of course as a Kiwi ;-) ).
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