Ramanraj K wrote:
It is pointless for us to go into all the claims made there about some new "Operating System". Debian and Knoppix have made the task of creating new distros so easy, that we may get to read about new born babies creating new distros by kicking on keyboards with their tender feet :)
Sharat Lakshman contacted me yesterday. While talking to him, he said he just modified the Knoppix distro to make slynux. He have renamed lot of other packages also and given new interface.
He never wished, to claim that, he build a new OS (or distro). The non-techy press reporter understood in that way. Poor boy just wished, let his work get some publicity. That's all.
It is really good work in one way. That is a 15 year boy could do some good work using a GNU/Linux distro. He wish other students get inspired from his work, thus the GNU/Linux usage in schools may improve. (In Kerala, in many schools, teachers skip the GNU/Linux portion of syllabus saying that is not much important. This is because, the teachers are not trained/aware of this OS)
We should give all support to this boy, understand him the concepts of freedom, so that he can contribute more for the Free Software World.
Regards