You might like opensuse 10.1...supports 64bit arch and is 5 discs plus
optional add-on cd. The default came with ethereal and lot's of other
goodies, I still need to check out the add-on disc. Hit me offlist if you're
interested, I live just up the street from the Eastside meeting at Horne and
Main.
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  From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of
FoulDragon@aol.com
  Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:19 AM
  To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
  Subject: Fancy a new distribution


  I think I'm gonna go over to the East Side meeting tomorrow, which gives
me an opportunity to bum for discs.  :D

  The thing is, it's been several years since I shopped around on
distributions.

  I used to like Slackware, but I notice there's no official x86-64 version
(there IS slamd64 though).

  I'm hesitant on Gentoo, anything Debian-derived, or most BSDs (although I
LIKE the retro feel many BSDs offer) because they seem very reliant about
sucking packages down the network.  When a 120Mb package takes 12 hours of
nursing the connection, you can see why I'm hesitant.  I want lots of
packages on the discs, and reasonably current ones.

  Other major dislikes:  SysV init scripts.  Graphical boot.

  Should I just go for slamd64, or does anyone else do a disc-oriented
distribution without all the pretty shinies?
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