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Barry Kauler announces his retirement from Puppy
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tronkel
 Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 1101 Location: Vienna Austria |
I was starting to think that Barry may be approaching retirement since his blog announcements have become rather infrequent recently. He has in fact just announced his retirement here: http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00361 I really hope that this does not signal the end of the Puppy Linux project - it's too important to the Linux community for that to happen. There is always the danger though, that without its lead developer, the project will just fade away to nothing. So let's see if we can put together a project based on Puppy - call it the LABR project i.e (Life after Barry's retirement)? Thanks for everything you've given us in these 10 years Barry. I wish you a happy and fulfilled retirement. _________________ Life is too short to spend it in front of a computer |
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musher0
 Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 4229 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada |
Hi, tronkel. I too hope Puppy will continue, in whatever shape or form. You may have noticed that anikin has already started a thread on the same subject at http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=88877 I posted my thanks and best wishes to BarryK there. Best regards. musher0 _________________ "Logical entities must not be multiplied needlessly." / "Il ne faut pas multiplier les êtres logiques inutilement." (Ockham) |
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Flash
Official Dog Handler  Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 10952 Location: Arizona USA |
It seems to me the first step in keeping Puppy going the way it has, is to post a clear and complete description of how it works, etc., so everyone pulls in the same direction. In other words, detailed specifications of an operating system. There may already be a wiki page and/or thread in this forum that can be expanded into such a thing. |
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splot
 Joined: 03 Aug 2012 Posts: 35 |
It would be the LABR door? LABRdoors are nice Puppies. |
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mistfire
Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 112 |
Puppy Linux is an open source project, so it has no end but it will frozen only until it fades. It order to make puppy linux project continues w/o barry. I suggest the following: 1. Standardized the API in Puppy Linux 2. Standardized the Puppy Linux Core Structure This factor will continue to exist Puppy Linux because of having a proper standardization in Building Puppy Linux. The puppy linux will become less fragmented, less ambiguity especially in app development for puppy and it can seen easily where puppy linux direction goes. |
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darry1966
Joined: 26 Feb 2012 Posts: 368 Location: New Zealand |
Puppy Linux has never been "standardised" and thrived on different people taking Puppy and making many variants on the same leading to new ideas - the best of which feed back into the "mainstream" Pup. We would have no Akita, MacPup, LegacyOS etc. One Puppy Linux is no guarantee of success anyway we have different users legacy , newer machines. While it isn't possible to replace Barry I'm sure different forum members have some ideas on newer projects for Puppy and it won't be a case of Barry will do it mentality. Sure Barry leaves a hole but I'm sure there is a lot of creativity and thinking outside the box existing in this community. |
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darkcity
 Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2436 Location: near here |
some of that information is here, technical details- http://puppylinux.com/development/howpuppyworks.html aims- http://puppylinux.com/about.htm _________________ helping Wiki for help | IF SendSpace link = "dead" THEN PM me ("up file to http://meownplanet.net/") |
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tronkel
Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 1101 Location: Vienna Austria |
splot wrote:
Didn't think of that. Well spotted! _________________ Life is too short to spend it in front of a computer |
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tronkel
Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 1101 Location: Vienna Austria |
Darry 1966 wrote:
Maybe we don't need to be so concerned that Barry won't be the lead developer any longer. If you think about it, the main piece of philosophy that underpins this distro is: "keep it minimalist and fast, but yet full-featured". Does it really matter with what software designs this philosophy is implemented? OK, Barry has always had his own style of doing things - a very difficult (impossible) thing for others to follow. In that sense he is irreplaceable - but, in matters of software development and design of systems, there is always more than one way to to skin a cat. (Sorry, canine that should be - only joking of course). The philosophical principle always outlives its original inventor. So if this Puppy-style philosophy is adhered to and applied, there's no reason why the project cannot continue - albeit perhaps not exactly in the identical form as before. Maybe a good thing in the long run? _________________ Life is too short to spend it in front of a computer |
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Fossil
Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 555 Location: Gloucestershire, UK. |
A-dvancing, D-own, O-ther, R-outes? L-A-B-R-A-D-O-R! Sums up a nice pooch! |
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 4229 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada |
Hi, splot. Cute comment on a cute dog! And they're Canadian, too! 
(Just being patriotic!) BFN. musher0 _________________ "Logical entities must not be multiplied needlessly." / "Il ne faut pas multiplier les êtres logiques inutilement." (Ockham) |
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 4229 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada |
Hi, Flash. I'll second that. Otherwise, there'll be lots of "mongrels". BFN. musher0 _________________ "Logical entities must not be multiplied needlessly." / "Il ne faut pas multiplier les êtres logiques inutilement." (Ockham) |
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musher0
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 4229 Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada |
Another idea would be a "best practices" Puppy as a hinge between the two eras -- with Barry and after Barry. _________________ "Logical entities must not be multiplied needlessly." / "Il ne faut pas multiplier les êtres logiques inutilement." (Ockham) |
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simargl8
Joined: 06 Feb 2013 Posts: 65 |
Barry is leaving because he needs more time to "puppyfy" ubuntu and he's more interested in phone-desktop all-in-one hardware. Since there is no one to continue as project leader, should we call Puppy Linux "discontinued" or just "dormant" distribution? Puppy was nice operating system, one of the best in its category, thanks to Barry and other contributors. |
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bark_bark_bark
Joined: 05 Jun 2012 Posts: 785 Location: USA |
pupifying ubuntu has nothing to do with why he left.
And earlier in the post
_________________ Desktop: Intel 945PSN Motherboard, 3.2Ghz P-IV "Prescott 2M", 2GB RAM, 500GB WD HDD, Slackware 14.1 |
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