Complex sentence: The following year, (Andre Coetzee) Impi Linux started the very ambitious task of building a Linux distribution from scratch Ultimately it wasn't a very good decision on his part, but did give the Impi team very valuable experience in the entire Linux software stack.
Split into simpler sentences: The following year, Andre Coetzee started the very ambitious task of building a Linux distribution from scratch. Ultimately, it didn't prove to be a good decision on his part, but it did earn the Impi team valuable experience in the entire Linux software stack.