<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thank you for the introduction Chris! <br><br></div>Hi everyone! I'm Maxine Hayes! I'm best known for some of my projects such as ELFS (Enterprise Linux From Scratch) and Project Andre (A distribution which tried to make a 1:1 RHEL clone using only CentOS Stream sources). I'm also a contributor of Rocky Linux and as Chris mentioned I'm an OpenELA contributor too! At OLF 2023 I attended as a representative of Rocky Linux. This is how I met Chris and got introduced to the Dark Horse Linux Project! I feel as though DHLP is tackling some territory no other distributions are right now. I see a lot of potential in DHLP with tools such as Pyrois and Rex!<br></div><div><br></div><div>For a while I've been discussing with Chris about the overall structure of the distribution, project goals, and contribution processes.<br><br></div><div>One topic we've been discussing is how we're going to separate different parts of the distribution out such as "Core", "BaseOS", and "AppStream". The idea for Core is what Pyrois generates. BaseOS would be Core, but generated as RPMs for binary installations. AppStream would be RPM packages like Firefox for example. Another idea is that every release the entire distribution goes through a from scratch rebuild process to keep it from being so reliant on itself for development that you need DHLP to build DHLP. This process would look like: Build Core -> Core builds BaseOS -> BaseOS builds AppStream. <br></div><div><div><br><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 4:39 PM Christopher Michael Punches <<a href="mailto:chris.punches@darkhorselinux.org">chris.punches@darkhorselinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hey Folks,<br>
<br>
This is the first post I've made to the new mailing list because I'm <br>
evaluating whether or not to outsource email to sendgrid or not because <br>
of how ridiculous gmail has made email's self-hosting capabilities, and, <br>
if I do move stuff over to sendgrid, I'm worried I might lose the <br>
mailing list archives or their continuity. Usually, when it's been this <br>
long since I've used a medium I have to start over in terms of getting <br>
people signed up, so, if anyone's listening, say hi!<br>
<br>
Anyway, while that's panning out, I'd like to introduce Maxine Hayes who <br>
has recently joined the mailing list.<br>
<br>
Maxine works with the OpenELA project and has provided some invaluable <br>
feedback on all aspects of Dark Horse Linux and its product roadmaps and <br>
design decisions.<br>
<br>
I'm hoping she will be spearheading our community engagement while <br>
continuing to provide input and contributions to the Dark Horse ecosystem.<br>
<br>
There's alot to do, and, I'm honestly too close to some of it to see <br>
what all of that is, so, it's good to get fresh eyes and her technical <br>
knowledge looking at things.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
-C<br>
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