Conary based Operating Systems

OZma of Oz · 05-11-2007

3 major players:

1. Foresight

2. Oz

3. rPath

All 3 relatively new to the Linux OS scene, what are your thoughts, have you had a chance to try any of the 3?

Have you had a chance to try Conary or raa (rPathapplianceagent)?

panickedthumb · 05-11-2007

I've used Foresight, and I really liked it, but that was a while ago. I need to put my distro testing hat back on!

elst · 05-12-2007

Haven't tried it yet myself, I looked at the documentation for Conary a while ago (before the rBuilder online service), and was a bit overwhelmed. It looks really powerful though, and could rock if the tools are good.

FWIW, I think that OpenFiler NAS distro is now built with the rPath system (they previously used CentOS).

fordfan753 · 05-12-2007

I used foresight a while ago and it gave a good impression, but in the end I came crawling back to the apt I know and love. If I remember, the released on something like one and a quarter cds, which I thought was strange. My main problem was getting used to Conary. I tend to test distros until I find one worthy of replacing the one I'm currently using. I guess it just wasn't worthy of replacing Debian.

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05-11-2007	#2 (permalink)
panickedthumb Eligible for a custom title Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 216	Re: Conary based Operating Systems I've used Foresight, and I really liked it, but that was a while ago. I need to put my distro testing hat back on!

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elst Just getting started Join Date: May 2007 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 7	Re: Conary based Operating Systems Haven't tried it yet myself, I looked at the documentation for Conary a while ago (before the rBuilder online service), and was a bit overwhelmed. It looks really powerful though, and could rock if the tools are good. FWIW, I think that OpenFiler NAS distro is now built with the rPath system (they previously used CentOS).

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fordfan753 Be gentle, newcomer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 4	Re: Conary based Operating Systems I used foresight a while ago and it gave a good impression, but in the end I came crawling back to the apt I know and love. If I remember, the released on something like one and a quarter cds, which I thought was strange. My main problem was getting used to Conary. I tend to test distros until I find one worthy of replacing the one I'm currently using. I guess it just wasn't worthy of replacing Debian.