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| - | ====== The Philosophy of the Flavorizer ====== | + | Moved to [[:Philosophy]]. |
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| - | SkinnyDebbie is what I am calling a "distribution flavorizer": A set of small packages that will configure a standard Linux distribution (a [[http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ | Debian Network Install]] in this case) to match a given target "flavor", using as much as possible the packages and repositories that are already part of and maintained by that distribution. | + | |
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| - | This is in contrast to a "derivative distribution": A complete Linux distribution that maintains a full set of repositories mostly mirrored from a parent distribution with some package enhancement, substitution, and additions. | + | |
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| - | Why make SkinnyDebbie a "flavorizer" instead building an independent distribution? Simple: a "flavorizer" approach lets SkinnyDebbie be 98% pure Debian, and that lets users benefit directly from the security updates, miscellaneous improvements, and community support of a major distribution. | + | |
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