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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