Re: Distro suggestions for the InstallFest

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Author: der.hans
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Distro suggestions for the InstallFest
Am 24. Jan, 2005 schwätzte Dennis Kibbe so:

> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:15:23 -0700 (MST)
> "der.hans" <> wrote:


> > I think we need a stable 2 or 3 distros for now.
>
> Here's what I plan to have on hand.
>
> - KNOPPIX
> - Ubuntu
> - Mepis
> - Slackware
> - Fedora
> - Mandrake
> - OpenCD
> - SystemRescueCD
> - Smart Boot Manager


Having them on hand is fine, but I think we need to only be suggesting 2
or 3 distros.

At this point I think they should likely be Fedora and one of the
debian-based systems[1]. Maybe SuSE after that. Heck, maybe one of the
*BSDs should be the 3rd choice.

I know this is gonna start flamewars, but we need to drop down the
confusion for the people we're trying to help. Heck, I'd like to move to
one suggested distro and only support a couple beyond that.

[1] Until we're certain of upgrade mechanisms for ubuntu and/or mepis I'm
inclined to stick with plain debian. Testing hardware detection via the
live CD as Siri suggests is an outstanding feature, though.

> > The greeting table also needs to have the form, so those who didn't bring
> > one can go through the menu. Do you have a copy of the last one we used?
>
> I don't, but hope have one make by the weekend. There are plenty of
> examples on the Net.


I'm pretty certain it's in the archives somewhere. I will see if I can
find a copy.

ciao,

der.hans
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