[olug] Distributions

[Jay Woods]

I'm doing beta testing on the new Mandrake release and should have a CD in my
hands in two weeks. ---Jay

Adam Lassek wrote:

> 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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