[lug] Polish(ed) Linux Distribution

Keith C. Herold herold at cslr.Colorado.EDU
Mon Jun 25 23:16:49 MDT 2001


I am almost positive the Polish(ed) is in fact for the polish language.  If
you look at the packages that aren't done by redhat, the domain is nearly
always .pl.

--Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> Behalf Of D. Stimits
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 10:28 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] Polish(ed) Linux Distribution
>
>
> Hugh Brown wrote:
> >
> > I've always assumed it to be a linux distribution.  I would go check the
> > lwn.net distro page to see if it really is.
> >
> > Hugh
> >
> > "John Hernandez"
> > >
> > > Does anyone know what rpmfind.net is referring to when they
> attribute an rpm to the "Polish(ed) Linux Distribution"?  Is this
> just a way of saying, "generic GNU/Linux", or is there a wildly
> popular Polish distribution that I should be using?  I couldn't
> find anything about it in their help section.
> > >
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> I've had a sneaking suspicion that it is *literally* a Polish language
> distribution...test an rpm on something obvious, like a text editor. Or
> use a source rpm and view the tarball from install of it...should be
> clues in the README's or similar files if it really is a non-english
> language version.
>
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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