[olug] Distributions

[Adam Lassek]

I'll burn discs for the installfest, as long as I know what to burn.
Mandrake for sure, maybe RedHat (although I'm wary of 7.0). I'd like to
bring Debian, although I dunno if it would be a good idea setting up
newbies with that distro.

What do you think would be a good number of copies?

Jason Ferguson 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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