todd wrote:Shall I go ahead and register for both?
Before going any further, we would need to find out how many people are interested in developing this. It is a major undertaking.
Someone (person/team/community) would need to manage the project and it's direction. Same applies for a web site, and forums running on the web site. Both development forums and support forums.
Of those people who have expressed an interest, we would need to find out what skills, time, commitment, and areas they would be prepared/able to look after.
I don't know whether these forums would allow it, but we need to spawn several new threads regarding pros and cons different packages/distributions. Alternatively, set up some forums for the start up.
Once a distro is selected, we will need several versions. ie current version, and production version.
Out of the people here so far who have expressed an interest, how many have ever built a distribution? How many have ever recompiled the Linux kernel and it's modules?
These are just a few things to discuss, however running a web site with it's associated forums can be very time consuming, which is where I am hoping that people without experience in some of the above mentioned things would of of valuable experience.
Speaking of skills, I'll start with mine:
NEVER have built a Linux distro
Have built Linux from Scratch using LFS Linux (took 2 weeks)
Am able to reconfigure and recompile the kernel
C programming skills and have done low level c/assembly coding
Experience in installing Linux into small footprint devices, ie EEE PC, headless and embedded devices.
Have used Unix/Linux for 15 years and I still do most of my work on the command line

Web Developer/Programmer and have run setup, secured and managed forums (no longer interested in running)
Uncanny ability to diagnose issues via support forums with software
Skilled in multiple programming languages
Skills in getting wireless devices running under Linux
Non Skills
Bad at making lists

No management skills
Uncanny ability of being able to wreck a Windows PC in under 5 minutes (It's why I use Macs and Linux)
These are just a few thoughts. The one thing to keep in mind, is that this can be very time consuming and can take over your whole life if not careful. It can also lead to burnout and as we say here - It can damage your insanity!
Once it's all decided on, a project description and manifesto and a list of required positions for people to volunteer to look after would be good. It may be good for people to get an idea of the scale of the project.