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another distro..worth trying..

GoboLinux is an alternative Linux distribution which redefines the entire filesystem hierarchy.
In GoboLinux you don't need a package manager because the filesystem is the package manager: each program resides in its own directory, such as /Programs/Xorg/6.7.0/ and /Programs/KDE/3.2.2. Like it?

and more:

http://gobolinux.org

pugrit wrote:another distro..worth trying..

GoboLinux is an alternative Linux distribution which redefines the entire filesystem hierarchy.
In GoboLinux you don't need a package manager because the filesystem is the package manager: each program resides in its own directory, such as /Programs/Xorg/6.7.0/ and /Programs/KDE/3.2.2. Like it?

and more:

http://gobolinux.org

what kind of distro?

gobolinux

This seems like it would REALLY come in handy if you needed a system with multiple versions of one program installed (I had a nightmare of a time getting different versions of TCL and PHP to live together the first time I tried it). Besides that I don't see a real obvious benefit to this system, but thanks for the info =).

so whats it like as a linux distro though? i use Ubuntu mainly because it is so EASY! nuthin to it.. and no "pro" versions etiher you get the whole thing! i also like gentoo but i dont like the compiling time in the install and since i got a laptop its not very viable.
some thought on who it goes as a distro and i might give it a go. has anyone else tried it?

I've tried it, it reminds me slightly of OSX. I thought gobulinux was nifty, but finding the places of where they kept various config files from the norm drove me a bit up the wall. (I've always been a fan of debian and their ilk)