Interview: Sabayon, Fabio Erculiani

22. 7. 2009 | Luboš Doležel, Robert Krátký | Rozhovory | 4207×

1. Why have you started to use Linux? Did you use other operating systems before choosing Linux?

Really I don't know, I just fell in love due of always being technology-hungry. Like most of us, I was used to use Windows but also MacOS9 sometimes: we are talking about a LOT of years ago btw :)

2. What made you consider starting/joining the development of an 'alternative' distribution?

Seeing that every distro I was trying didn't have the right approach to the most common Linux issues, like hardware detection/auto-configuration and package management.

I also loved Gentoo (which Sabayon is based on) and wanted to push Project Utopia components into it (as in hal/dbus).

3. What did the 'big' distributions lack (or had too much of)?

Being on users' side. I was used to see that most of the developers just ignored their users. We don't, we listen to them and try to catch what they want.

4. What do you say to those who think the Linux world should be more united and focus on co-operation rather then resolve problems by forking projects?

Well, I generally agree with them, but sometime co-operation is hard to get, because we are human being and follow some weird behavioural rules. I mean, sometimes we get to the point we hate each others just because we have different POVs. This usually generates a fork, you know.

5. Is Sabayon your primary operating system? How many other distros have you used so far? Which ones?

Yes, absolutely it is. If I could put it on my coffee machine, I'd do it! I think I used all the distro out there, trying your competitors' distros is a rule! (Well, that's one of my little secrets)

6. What is Sabayon's killer feature(s)?

Out of the box. We are hardware-hungry, we like testing it on the weirdest environments and try to get all working with no hassles for the user. Another killer feature will be our binary package manager called Entropy, first available (with enough features to declare it working) in our 3.5 beta releases.

7. What do you plan to implement/improve? What can we look forward to in Sabayon's next release?

Package management. This will be our focus for about one year. We already have about 7500 binary packages in our repositories for both amd64 and i686 architectures. But that won't be about just installing binaries, it will be about putting users at the center of the game, with some ideas exported from the Web 2.0 "revolution"

8. What do you consider the biggest obstacle for mass deployment of Linux on the desktop?

Hardware manufactures. Along with the lack of integration and sometimes lower application quality due to lack of investments. The famous hard truth...

Thank you for your time.

Thanks to you! :)

       

Komentáře

[kralyk z abclinuxu]

Dřív jsem sabayon dost zkoušel na svém PC, asi ve verzi 3.4f a pak 4.0 (asi, už nevím), ale nějak mi připadalo, že jednoduchost a přímočarost se při tvorbě někde ztratily, zdál se mi dost molochovitý. A taky jsem měl problém z rozchozením ovladačů především atiny, ale i zvukovky. Chtěl jsem od sabayonu jediné; ulehčit mi instalaci gentoo, jenže sabyon je víc než jen předinstalované gentoo. No nevím, třeba je ve verzi 4.2 vylepšený, třeba by teď byl fajn, ale myslím si, že na kiss princip archu mít asi nebude, takže zůstávám na archu (v kombinaci s winxp).

[HB]

Nevíte někdo jestli umí nativně (stejně jako gentoo) používat zdroje SW z gentoo ???

Díky

[psonek]

Jestli myslíš emerge xxx, tak to kdysi, když jsem to zkoušl fungovalo.

[HB]

Díky za odpověď

[NaiL]

Calculating dependencies... done!

emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "xxx".
 

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