Linux Journal: Phat Happens, An Interview with Cameron Cooper | Linux Today

Linux Journal: Phat Happens, An Interview with Cameron Cooper

Written By
DS
Doc Searls
Nov 4, 1999

A few months ago, we reported on Phat Linux, the new
distribution created by a pair of 14-year-olds. We recently heard
from the leader of the pair, Cameron Cooper, that Phat Linux was
not only up to version 3.2, but even becoming popular.
As
happens so often in journalism, an interview followed.”

“Doc: How do you like the new version?”

“Cameron: In my personal opinion, it’s awesome. When I released
the beta for it, there was a lot of talk about it. Even users of
Armed and WinLinux said that it was the best out there. Now that
it’s out, it’s getting a lot of attention. Linuxberg/TUCOWS say
great things about it–they even put out a press release about
it–and Download.Com has put it up on their servers. In the first
week, it got over 23,000 downloads, and is currently the number one
Linux download there.”

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