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Author: Mario Marietto
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To: Charlie Martinez - Quirinux Sistema Operativo
CC: golinux, dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Quirinux 2.0 Stable Release (Devuan-based distro)
What are the differences between Ubuntu Studio and Quirinux ?

On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 9:12 PM Charlie Martinez - Quirinux Sistema
Operativo via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> Hello, golinux,
>
> First of all, thank you for responding to me.
>
> I think there was a misunderstanding here. Perhaps my English is bad, and
> I wasn’t able to express myself properly. The truth is, I am NOT in any
> rush. I only came to announce the release of the stable version, while on
> the previous occasion, I announced the release of RC2. These were two
> different events, not repeated insistence on the same release.
>
> Furthermore, in my previous email, I don’t believe I suggested its
> inclusion in the derivatives list. In any case, I did say that "it would be
> an honor," which means I wasn’t requesting it—I said it with empathy. :-)
>
> I don’t play with toys either. Quirinux has its own history:
> https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirinux
> This is a distribution we started in 2019, basing it on Debian:
> https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/Quirinux
>
> I’ve only come to announce the release of the first stable version of our
> distro based on Devuan, which is obviously not intended for Devuan users.
> Devuan users use Devuan and write their emails in plain text, and that’s
> perfectly fine. Quirinux is for animated film creators, although that
> doesn’t make it any less of a Devuan derivative—just like so many others
> that are not designed for those of us who are programmers or system
> administrators. Quirinux is a typical niche distribution designed for
> communities that have plenty of patience when it comes to writing... and
> responding ;-). It’s for users who are not coming from GNU/Linux, who are
> migrating to free software from Windows or Mac, and who thought there was
> no life beyond Adobe. Users who are probably not on this mailing list,
> though they might eventually visit the Devuan website.
>
> I’m sorry if I caused any kind of inconvenience, but I wanted to clarify
> that there’s no impatience here or anything like that—just the happiness of
> letting you know that, thanks to Devuan XFCE, Quirinux can now be installed
> on Dual Core machines with 2 GB of RAM and and Mac computers made obsolete
> by Apple (with Intel processors), working perfectly for creating animated
> films, something we couldn’t achieve with Debian (at least for this new
> Quirinux 2.0 version).
>
> So we’re very grateful to Devuan; I just wanted to let you know that.
> Best regards.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
> El 25/11/24 a las 19:45, golinux escribió:
>
> Hello Charles,
>
> On 2024-11-25 11:49, Charlie Martinez - Quirinux Sistema Operativo via Dng
> wrote:
>
> On November 9th, 2024, I released the stable version 2.0 of Quirinux, a
> Devuan-based distribution designed for animated film creators.
>
> (Some time ago, I told you about our RC.)
>
>
> That wasn't even a month ago! Impatience is not a virtue . . .
>
> New Devuan distros are usually added when there is an "animated" response
> (pun intended) from our users. Then the list is usually updated when there
> is a new Devuan release. Patience, grasshopper . . .
>
> I’d love for you to try it out, and if possible, being featured on
> https://www.devuan.org/os/devuan-distros
> <https://www.devuan.org/os/devuan-distros>
> <https://www.devuan.org/os/devuan-distros> would be an honor for us.
>
>
> We do not play with toys here. We do real work. And there are barely
> enough of us to to do that!
>
> Note that over the years there have been quite a few Devuan-based distros
> that are NOT on our official list. Only those that are actually being used
> and discussed/reviewed by Devuan users are included.
>
> To date there have been 247 views of your announcement but not one
> response. That says volumes. Devuan users communicate in plain text so
> that's not surprising. Seems our user-base might be a bit of a mismatch . .
> .
>
> So please be patient and let's see if your distro catches some attention.
> There is no need to keep reminding us about it. :)
>
> Thanks,
> golinux
>
>
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Mario.