Sure, call me at 602-770-3161 to negotiate a time and get directions. Regards, -- Rod On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, George Gambill wrote: > I have a CD Burner and would be willing to Burn two more. > > In other words, I would like one. > > George > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Roark [mailto:rod@sunsetsystems.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 11:58 AM > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Red Hat 7.0 > > > I have the two installation CDs for RH 7.0 downloaded and verified, no > mean feat since all the mirrors have been pretty much maxed out. > > I'll burn a pair of CDs for the first couple of folks who ask for it, > provided that: > > (a) You provide the CDR's, and > > (b) You have a CD burner yourself and are willing to make copies for > two other people (with this same stipulation if you like). > > I'm in Gilbert if it matters. > > -- Rod > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers > http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From Don Harrop Wed Sep 27 23:27:09 2000 From: Don Harrop (Don Harrop) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:27:09 -0700 (MST) Subject: dist evals[1] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I like that idea. Don On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, der.hans wrote: > moin, moin, > > all this FUD[2] about the different dists prompts me to make a suggestion > I was thinking about. > > How would we like to have a panel of PLUG members talk about several of > the different distributions? My idea is to have people sign up to cover a > specific dist. They take turns talking about the good/bad things about the > dist and maybe even give a company/dist[3] profile, e.g. cover the > apparent market the company is aiming for, cover other things the company > works on, especially things that benefit Open Source and Linux in general. > > I figure everybody gets 10 to 15 minutes. That gives us time for 5 or 6 > dists as well as a break and some discussion at the end. > > Specifically I think we need to cover RedHat, debian and Mandrake as those > seem to be in common use amongst LUG members. > > Just for the record, dists that don't have an x86 version, e.g. Yellow > Dog, should also be up for grabs if someone wants to cover them. > > It might even be nice to have someone cover a *BSD, but I'd rather have a > *BSD night some time and have good coverage of it. Same with hurd if > people are interested and it's considered usable by at least a few people > :). > > Anybody interested? I think this would make a good topic for Dec. > > BTW, I specifically don't want dist reps. I'd rather LUG members tell us > what they think and what their experiences were. I do want dist vendors to > make presentations at PLUG, but one at a time :). > > ciao, > > der.hans > > [1] My original thought was to call it Dist Warz or something, but the > current threads and Kevin's suggestions make me want to de-emphasize dist > bashing ( even if it's fun :) and instead foster something positive. > Comparisions can be made, but we should try to keep it friendly. *After* > the meeting we can all sidle over to a jello-wrestling bar and let people > fight it out ;-). > [2] Yes, I was one of the people spreading it. > [3] I'll use "company" after this, but not all dists are really companies, > e.g. debian. Debian as an org still has a focus and still has side > benefits like hurd, so it can still be covered properly. > >