Why we created Shift Linux

[Barney T. Administrators]

We created the Shift Linux project over a year ago in an effort to bring Neowin Linux enthusiasts together to do something together that would be both challenging and exciting. We decided that the focus of our project should be the experience and learning about building a new distribution, not in the actual construction of it. We decided that the journey was just as important as the product.

The members who came out to work with us had a wide variety of experiences. In an effort to bring as many members on board as possible, we needed to start with a Linux framework already in place, so that new learners could have a basis from which to start. We chose Morphix as this base with the option to change to another method as we learned more.

We have been hugely successful in this tactic. Most of our original members have stayed with us throughout the project and others have returned. As interest in our project continues to grow, we will continue to review and modify our goals. However, our primary goal will remain the same: we will continue to use our Shift project as a way to bring together our Neowin community... in a spirit of teamwork, talent, and learning.

And, if in the process we create a great distribution, well, that is all the better. ;)

Barney