'Rock Linux dibedakan dari yang lainnya karena ia merupakan sebuah Distribution Build Kit. ROCK3 baru saja rampung, setelah ia dikembangkan lebih dari 20 bulan dan menjalani banyak perubahan, bukan pemrogramannya saja, juga misinya termasuk social relations: "Membangun sebuah distro adalah perkerjaaan rumit." ROCK membuatnya jadi gampang: "Tanya kenapa?". == It took a bit over 20 months, but finally, ROCK 3 is done.
Over the last 20 months, ROCK Linux has seen many changes not only in the
code, but also in its aim and social relations:
- ROCK has an official mission statement
- ROCK has switched to a Wiki-based website, allowing anyone to contribute in
various ways, not only coders and bug-reporters
- Sadly, some people have left ROCK for one reason or another
- Other people have in turn become more active in the project
Despite - or because - of that, ROCK 3 is now available for public
consumption. If you don't yet know what ROCK is, here's the short version:
ROCK is a Distribution Build Kit.
This means it is a tool to create and maintain GNU/Linux distributions. With a
few keystrokes and some patience, you can have a generic distribution up in a
short time. With some more work, you can adjust its package selection.
With the help of freshmeat and the power of autotools you can add new
packages in a heartbeat.
What kind of distribution you will create, is limited by your imagination
and need.
In short:
Creating a distribution is a complex task. ROCK makes this task a lot easier.
Many changes since the last release have gone into enhancing the example
distribution - Crystal ROCK - to be a good reference for what is possible.
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