Are you talking about the Benton County Fair? -Cooper On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:45:47AM -0700, Tim Howe wrote: > 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 > > >
