Linux Build Essentials Research

[MarkHaysHarris777]

hi, I don't see any problem with the terminology in as far as 'longsleep - debian - xfce' refers to 'kernel - repositories - desktop'.

In other words unixoutlaw is refering to the kernel (longsleep's work) the distro repositories (debian) and the desktop of choice (xfce).

The problem is that longsleep did NOT put that image together, so he is being unfairly attributed as being the author and thus gets the glory and the blame. It is actually Lenny's Debian XFCE build. And that is of course IF UnixOutlaw mean it the way you think he did... Regardless... it's Lenny's work, so should be referred to as that. Lenny was/is all things debian, and longsleep all things ubuntu.

Yes, this much I understood... what I was|am after is the perspective I'm getting from the armbian group (specifically Tom) because I missed out on most of the earlier discussions so I'm trying to piece together the rift, but also more than that wanting to have a good feel for where this community is headed;  leadership is necessary certainly, and also follow-up;  so also to you, thankyou.

The other thing is that just like the world outside of SoC(s) ubuntu is just a 'special' debian. This is true outside the SBC world and its true inside too. The only thing that makes ubuntu 'ubuntu' is Canonical. Both the images here (debian and ubuntu) are really just debian ( I'm speaking pragmatically, not from the 'care' angle that Tom is discussing ).  So, its good to know the armbian perspective going forward;  I too believe the right move is to narrow the offerings to a well controlled careful build which anyone can then freely build on from there. It still comes down to leadership and expectations.