In passed the days the budding rumors harm the project and its Community. In particular lengthily expanded speculations are suitable over the end of KANOTIX in the forum or IRC for disconcerting less arrivierte users and/or new verscheuchen. To spread or feed I appeliere therefore to all here in the interest of the KANOTIX of project no further rumors.

Kano has after 3 years of hard work (often day and night) decided changes to make. Not least also because it must secure its commercial/vocational basis, to which the KANOTIX project could not contribute unfortunately. It will not provide therefore in the future no more to KANOTIX based on Debian Sid. It examines the alternatives at present, a decision in addition actual so far I white - yet not met. As soon as somewhat user is certain rely can on the KANOTIX, Kano will surely clearly express itself in addition.

This decision is substantial for each user, in addition, for each Developer and for all team members. Everyone must even in peace examine and decide which it by its operating system expected and/or naturally also, where and which he is ready in a Community voluntarily to bring in.

I believe that a Etch or Edgy based KANOTIX surely finds and for many of advantage be can its target group. It will attract most likely also new users, who are not content with Kubuntu or Mepis. It is thus very well possible drauf something solid to construct - also commercial possibilities are open.

I personally am however bound for vocational and world-descriptive reasons at Debian Sid, and can begin therefore with the above options nothing. My loyalty and acknowledgment apply further for Kano, I it therefore at least until next year in the context of my possibilities will here continue to support. I do not hide however also that at the same time I (beside other open SOURCE projects in which I already longer cooperate) with a new project engage myself, which develops on pure Debian Sid. A majority of my energy and time will in the future flow there therefore.

I learned from Kano and the great KANOTIX Community in the past years much and am sincerely grateful for it.

Greetings,
Chris

it seems to be definitive that kanotix will no longer be based on debian-sid. kano decided - for economical and stability reasons - to build his distribution on another basis instead. probably the ubuntu repos. that's why slh (co-developer/maintainer) left the project and slam (webmaster) will follow soon. slam will be engaged in a new sid-project in the future.

slam already made a statement on the german forum: http://kanotix.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-22868.html

maia

something's up with the direction Kanotix is going.

OTOH, my concerns are selfish, in that I can't contribute much to the project.

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There are many reasons not to want to go with an Ubuntu-based distro, and IMO the biggest is, instead of using a distro that "mines" Debian (or "leeches" from it, if you prefer), why not just use and support Debian in the first place.

One thing I've wanted to see for a while now is a sort of "Sid Watch" web site where clever people explain how to get past the inevitable bumps in Sid -- kind of like Devil and Etorix do here.

Trouble is

without... SID = NO DEBIAN

That is a fact.