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A revised version of the FAQ
I have added the fixes made by Bud Beckman and I also changed the last
paragraph relative to Indy and Debian. Some people could find it a
bit harsh towards them and contrary to Indy's "constitution"
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<li> <H3> Why is Independence free? </H3>
It allows us to add to the distribution what we think will be useful for
the users instead of what would make bigger sales.
<li> <H3>Why are you named Independence?</H3>
It was supposed to be a provisional name but we did not think of a new one
before the release. However, the name does carry the spirit of the distribution.
<li><H3>Why are you based on Red Hat?</h3>
Because we needed a GPLed distribution as a base. In addition, if we
wanted to make a <em>useful</em> distribution, we needed to keep in mind the
people who we are targeting. We needed to
choose a distribution that one can find books about in every store.
<li> <H3>Why Independence is not based on Debian.</H3>
Because when we started, it looked like using Debian as a starting
point would be lots of work.
<li> <H3>Why Independence is not based on Debian</H3>
Because when we started it looked like using Debian as a starting
point would be lots of work. In addition Debian is not that easy to
find in stores and that means people would have to download
hundreds of megs of a Debian-based distribution instead of getting a
cheap CD at the nearest retailer and loading a few dozen megs for
switching from RedHat to Indy. Because Debian focused on hardcore
Unixers while we focus on those people who have been ignored by all
distributions including Debian.
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Jean Francois Martinez
Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org