Something like that has always appealed to me as well. Two separate, and specific tracks. If the person is looking for a server solution, Fedora, RHEL, SuSE, and plain ol' Debian are also huge ones to consider. Personally, I wouldn't have much of a problem being a *buntu-centric COSSfest. For servers, offer Ubuntu Server, and for desktops, offer the different K/X/Ubuntu variants.
On 10/4/07, Greg R Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > or make 2 separate categories > > "is it for a server?" > > ubuntu-server (a Debian based server oriented distro which is pretty > standard) > > or > > FreeBSD (a BSD based server oriented distro.. kinda, and its not Linux > so it gives more .. diversity) > > "is it for your desktop?" > ubuntu-desktop > > or > > (other desktop distro) > > 2 distros for each demographic. > > just an idea. > > > On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 09:28 -0600, Mitchell Brown wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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