InstallFest decisions

Why not "plugonline.org?"

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der.hans
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 3:12 AM
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Subject: Re: InstallFest decisions

Am 11. Sep, 2003 schw=E4tzte Derek Neighbors so:

> I will say this over and over and over until it sinks in the fricking
> PLUG site url is horrendous to remember. For something like this it

No it's not. We are PLUG in Phoenix in .az in the .us. plug.org? Which
PLUG
should get that? .pa.us LUG? Perth LUG ( that was on the GNUe irc
channel
this week )? Philly LUG? Pakistan LUG?

PLUG is a good name, but it needs the regional markings to make it
relevant,
IMO.

> would be nice to have it at
http://plug.whateverthellitis.us/InstallFest
> and have links from the index to get there, but then offer
> http://plugpresents.com to refresh right to that site. This way it's
> easy to hand out to people you casually meet.

http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/

That's not difficult. I know you disagree, but I really think it's the
better way to go for something that is and will stay regional.

> This was nicely put. I know red hat got flamed for bluecurve (or
> whatever it is called). However, it boils down to right now, too much
> choice is noise and makes people confused. "Steering them down a
path"
> cuts the noise to signal ration and helps them adapt. It does not
> remove the choice later if they so wish change things.

Yes. I laud Red Hat for much of the work they've done. I also berate
them
for things like fvwm95. I think we need a good interface that is fairly
standard for newbies, corporate environments, default installs, etc.,
but we
should also put effort into making it the best defaults, which m$ does
not
have, especially in an environment with the capabilities that GNU/Linux
offers.

> I think choosing a distro is more important than a desktop.

I see your point. I was thinking it's unlikely that we'll be able to
agree
on a default distro, so it's better to shoot for a default desktop.

I'm not sure which is better.

My goal is to reduce instabilities for newbies.

ciao,

der.hans
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