I am disheartened to see that SuSE is not on the list!! I personally 
have found it to be the most visually desireable as well as least 'geek' 
oriented. I know I have been spoiled by .rpm's and such but it is still 
free... And easy to configure.

Alexander Henry wrote:

>
> I agree with keeping the list as short as possible, welcoming all but  
> encouraging our short list.
>
> My vote is for the following list:
>
> Fedora Core 2 and 3
> Ubuntu
> Mepis
> Debian testing
> Slackware
> Gentoo (*)
>
> (*) Believe it.  These will usually be old Windows hacks who want to 
> try  how to "really" get things done.  They also enjoy and expect to 
> beat on  their computers for two months before it works.  They will 
> always be smart  computer-wise, but not UNIX-wise.  Let them come to 
> installfest for a  two-hour push forward if they're stuck.  Maybe even 
> force them to be at  the keyboard.  We have at least three (non-Dennis 
> :-) volunteers that  could help with this.
>
> As for the pile-of-CD's problem with Debian, that I think is well 
> solved  with the single Debian net install CD.  You pretty much end up 
> going to  testing and doing an apt-get dist-upgrade, then installing X 
> and the rest  over the net anyway.
>
> I'd encourage hardcore users to use both Debian and Slackware.  
> They're  both expert flavors, and very different ones, and in my 
> opinion almost  orthogonal.
>
> I also don't mind including both Ubuntu and Mepis.  If someone could  
> provide compelling reasons to exclude either one, I'm all ears.
>
> I vote for FC over Suse.  Suse's idea of troubleshooting is dumping a 
> user  to a GUI into a relevant /etc file.  Wheee!  Might as well go to 
> FC with  your own source compiles and get Suse's GUI out of the way.  
> Just my two  cents, let the flam^H^H^H^Hdiscussion begin :)
>
> I give an explicit thumbs down for the following:
> Red Hat 9 and older
>   People who come to us wanting RH9 are those who _finally_ have the 
> time  to get a Linux on their home box and think they're getting the 
> latest RH.   Give them FC!  I've experienced my share of script kiddie 
> ownage with 7.3,  let's not go there.
>
> Mandrake
>   Too many fundamental problems, like bad compiles or corrupted 
> copies.   People get a nice, point-and-click interface to partition 
> their drive and  install, then boot to a seg fault.
>
>
>
> Please bring these newer distros, you never know where we could find 
> the  next gem.
>
>
>
> Please tell me about the new interest in server distros to 
> Installfest.   I've always thought that the target for Installfest was 
> to roll out  desktops.
>
>

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