As far as having a single desktop I think this would be a mistake. What
happens if someone brings in a p1 166, I do nto think that either kde or gnome
would be a good choice.
*This is not meant to bash those that use other distros*
AS far as a single distro this *might* be a good idea. Many people seem to
install Mandrake or Redhat as their first distro, not because it would be the
easiest to work with later, but rather becasue it is easy to install. I know
that the first distro I tried was Mandrake and not only could I not get things
to work right, but I could not even figure out
what was going on (everything was hidden). Why I could not necessarily make
things work much better in debian at first I could figure out what was going
on better.
If I took the time to figure out how to remaster a Knoppix disk to be only
unstable (therefore much simpler software additions for newbies) would there
be any demand? Or for that matter adding Gnome, replacing openoffice german
and english edition with a english only...
.-.
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Robert Wultsch // \\ robert.wultsch@asu.edu
Linux User /( )\ AIM:sheepsleep7
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Alan Dayley wrote:
> Moving this George's response to this thread:
>
> George Gambill wrote:
> ---[clip some good stuff]---
> > Conclusion:
> >
> > If we are going to hand out CD sets (to newbies) with a document check
> > list) covering the decision points (I have just such a check list for
> > RH 8.0), I vote for Red Hat.
> >
> > If we are going to install (for the newbie) and teach how to update
> > (apt-get I think), I vote for Debian. BTW, a presentation on how to
> > update under Debian might make a good presentation.
> >
> > Do we get to vote on this???
> >
> > YMMV
> >
> > George
>
> There are two, well, three decision points here.
>
> 1-Do we really want a preferred distro?
> 2-If so, which distro?
> 3-And thereafter, which desktop?
>
> (Maybe the 3 falls out of 2 since most distros have a default or
> preferred desktop already.)
>
> If someone buys into 1, they must do so understanding that their
> personally preferred distro may not be picked at 2. ie. no sour grapes
> at 2 if you agreed to 1.
>
> On the other hand (and to throw more fuel on the debate), does the
> entire group need to decide this? Other groups have a designated
> support coordinator who leads a group of voluteers on support issues.
> That sub-group could decide on the preference based on their own reasons
> (see http://lugod.org/projects/lert/). Maybe this is something better
> under the direct supervision of AZOTO and PLUG just follows what the
> AZOTO support group decides. AZOTO could accept $ donations for timely
> assistance. PLUG has no structure or mechanism for donations.
>
> Alan
>
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