[Mono-list] Slashdot Mention and SUSE Builder.

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> Anyone see the "Ask Slashdot" article on mono linux distro's?
> 
>   http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/27/1442221
> 
> What I found remarkable (and depressing) was the immense number of 
> uninformed, trolling FUD replies.

I could not weight on that thread because we were about to launch a new
service at Novell that we believe every .NET developer will love: a
Linux appliance builder.


Today we rolled out what I think will be a very useful tool for every
Windows.NET developer.

The SUSE Studio:

	http://studio.suse.com

This is a tool that allows users to create their own Linux-based
operating systems with the exact amount of software preconfigured and
tested.   You can put as little or as much of a Linux OS as you need to
deliver your solution.

NET developers really have not had a chance to pre-package an OS with
their application and any required dependencies (database servers,
configuration, tuning) since they can not redistribute Windows
themselves. 

Miguel.