[olug] Distributions

[Eric Penne]

I suggest Debian as a distro to have.  I consider myself a half-assed
poor linux user and I have yet to get debian to install correctly.  A
nice feature of debian that is different than most other distros is all
the apt-get stuff.  It also seems as though rpms and debs are the two
most supported binary ways of distributing software.  Since Mandrake
supports rpm I think debian would be the next choice.

Eric

--- Jason Ferguson <jferguson3 at home.com> wrote:
> Okay, I know, Im risking starting a holy war here.  However, hear me
> out.
> 
> Im starting the initial planning for the next Installfest (target
> date
> is a Saturday in April). However, as part of this, I want to make
> distributions available for people bringing in their systems for the
> install.
> 
> My first choice of a "default distro" would be Mandrake, if they have
> a
> 2.4 based one out by then.  My reasoning is that a) its easy to
> install,
> b) I _think_ it supports ReiserFS out of the box.  SuSe also fits
> this
> discription.
> 
> The problem: most people are going to have only heard of Redhat.
> Personally, I decided that if Redhat 7.0 was their idea of a good
> distribution, I was switching to Debian. Storm is pretty easy to
> install, but the company declared bankruptcy two weeks ago, no
> telling
> if they are going to be around.  Progeny isnt there yet, etc, etc.
> 
> I know that alot of the answers are going to be "have everything
> available".  However, this isnt the best solution.  If we burn some
> CDs
> ahead of time, if we burn EVERYTHING, we risk running out of the CDs
> everyone wants and having extras of what noone wants. I hope everyone
> follows me here. Im going to be looking for volunteers to burn CDs
> next
> month.
> 
> So, what do you guys suggest?  My best solution right now is
> Mandrake.
> However, so of you guys/gals may have better ideas.
> 
> Jason
> OLUG Vice-Benevolent Dictator
> 
> 
> 
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