| Q) |
What
is Warrior based on?
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| A) |
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Warrior
is based on Debian Testing, Unstable and Stable.
Technalign builds using the Debian pool and brings
the changes to other Pioneer products such as Explorer
and Basic. |
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| Q) |
What
is Warrior's life span/lifecycle? |
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Warrior
really has no end-of-life and is planned to be updated
and modified constantly with changes. For example,
OpenOffice comes out with a new release and the
repositories are updated with a new recompiled version
of OpenOffice. The same can be said about all security
patches and releases also. |
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| Q) |
How
does Pioneer Warrior affect Pioneer Explorer and Basic? |
| A) |
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Pioneer
Warrior is the basis for the Pioneer Explorer and
Pioneer Basic operating systems. Pioneer Explorer
basically started as an Ubuntu derivative and locked
down. This lock-down allowed Technalign to use the
Warrior build to "push" updates to Pioneer
Explorer, and in-turn "push" these updates
to Pioneer Basic after testing. In a nutshell, Pioneer
Warrior feeds both the community and commercial
editions of Pioneer Explorer and Basic. Pioneer
Explorer and Pioneer Basic will not use the Ubuntu
repositories and changes, updates and patches will
come from Pioneer Warrior, or basically from Debian
to Warrior and so on. |
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| Q) |
Why
the move from Ubuntu to Warrior? |
| A) |
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Technalign
was having issues since the rules to remain a derivative
of Ubuntu were too restrictive. Ubuntu is an excellent
distribution, but it did not meet the needs of our
end-users nor the needs of commercial users. Technalign
decided that to be in control of it's destiny, Technalign
needed to change directions to something that was
not going to hurt people during the their Pioneer
experience. |
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| Q) |
How
will I see changes coming from Warrior to Basic? |
| A) |
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You'll
notice updates coming from Warrior to Explorer
first then Basic. This means as we start to make
changes to Warrior and recompiling or adding things,
the changes will be carried over to Pioneer Explorer
than Basic. When you run your updates, you'll
notice that the updates. These updates will be
coming from Pioneer Warrior initially and carried
through the product lines.
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| Q) |
What
about the sources list in Warrior? |
| A) |
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As
mentioned, Pioneer Warrior starts as a simple copy
of Debian, so the sources list is basically the
same as Debian and changes over time. For example
there are applications without updates for long
periods of time or other applications have replaced
them. These applications will start in the sources.list
but will be removed over time. You'll also find
that the initial Warrior builds may contain the
same the sources.list as Pioneer Explorer and Basic
based on Ubuntu. Since Pioneer Explorer and Basic
were derivatives of Ubuntu, the sources list will
look similar in the beginning, but change over time.
You'll also notice that Pioneer Warrior will contain
sources that are also requested. |
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| Q) |
How
can I be involved? |
| A) |
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There
are multiple ways anyone can be involved with Pioneer
Warrior, or any open source project for that matter.
Depending on what you'd like to do, you can join
development or you can join a testing team. The
technalign.org pages provide a wealth of information
on joining a development or testing team. |
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| Q) |
How
can I have a say in what's being developed? |
| A) |
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Actually
everyone has an equal voice at Technalign. You have
the ability to provide input on anything we do here
by submitting requests on the forums or using the
project tools. There are also development and testing
mailing lists for each project. |
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