I tend to agree.

I'd suggest perhaps Ubuntu and OpenSUSE, optionally with Fedora if we're
desperate.


On 10/4/07, Kevin Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'd recommend limiting this to a small number rather than offering a bunch
> of
> different choices.  Make people aware that they can have the choices, but
> asking them "Would you like a copy of Ubuntu, RH, blah, blah, blah?" will
> end
> up in one of two ways.
>
> 1) People will ask for a copy of all of them. This is expensive, and all
> but
> one of the CDs are ultimately just a waste.
>
> 2) I suspect people will be frustrated and overwhelmed because they'll
> face a
> choice they are not in a position to answer because they have no idea of
> the
> benefits to any of the various distros.
>
> To that end, and I know this will be disagreed with, I'd suggest that you
> offer Red Hat, or Ubuntu.  Simply because they have by far the best
> documentation on the net.
>
> This still leaves the ubuntu/kubuntu question
> open.  (xubuntu/edubuntu/Ubuntu
> CE/yadda/yadda/yadda)
>
> Kev.
>
>
> On Thursday 04 October 2007 06:06:28 bogi wrote:
> > Hi, this is a sort of a referandom, about the Linux Unix Bsd Distros we
> > will be giving away at Cossfest.
> >
> > What I am asking is
> > -1- Put a (*) after the name of the distro you like to have there, or.
> > -2- Add your suggestion and put the (*) after it in your reply to this
> > posting.
> >
> > Like i said, it is an approximation to the total racio of disks setes
> > needed to be produced for Cossfest
> >
> >
> > Ubuntu
> > Fedora
> > OpenSuse
> > Mandriva
> > Slackware
> > Debian
> > DSL
> > FreeBSD
> > OpenSolaris
> >
> >
> >
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