What Fair? You are, of course, correct. Ease of use is important. See how much nicer I am after a cup of coffee? Just wait till I get beer in me... So, is there gonna be a meeting someplace? Or should I keep hanging onto this IRC channel? --Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Edward Craig > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:1617] RE: 2001, EUGLUG at the Magic Odyssey > > > It occurs to me that the audience we're looking at is just those > "lazy" Windows (and Apple) users. Not every computer user is > dedicated to > learning to program or even really even administer a system. > Theo's no-compromise version may be just the thing to > totally turn > off such a user to Open Source. No matter how desirable > increased security > for casual users might be, it won't fly if the users won't do it. > While OpenBSD might be the ideal, maybe FreeBSD or > NetBSD is more > what we need for the Fair. > The same might be said for Slackware or Debian, of course, which > is why I rather prefer Progeny or Mandrake for this purpose. > That said, I see no reason to exclude more challenging > distributions from the mix, with perhaps a note that whoever > provides the > challenging version is available for support (with, or > perhaps without, > suitable renumeration). > > On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Tim Howe wrote: > > > I should probably be clear... I am not a Linux user at > all. If I was > > going to use a Distro, it would be Slackware or Debian. I am a BSD > > user (among other things) and I have no love for Red Hat, > Mandrake, or > > any other Distribution that attempts to dumb down the OS so that a > > lazy Windows user can use it. > > > > </rant> > > [SNIP] > > -- > Ed Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Taxi (I need an income) GNU/Linux (I > can afford a Free OS) > Think this through with me, let me know your mind... Hunter/Garcia >
