-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I checked out http://rute.sourceforge.net. As I was looking around I started to think about an individual with whom I work. He is not willing to give Linux a try because he says he does not want to face another steep learning curve. Considering this, I think that what has been suggested is exactly what I want, but not necessarily what everyone wants. That is, most people want to turn on their computers and have them function at such a level that operation is intuitive. I do not think they want to spend an inordinate amount of time learning how to use their expensive box of metal and plastic.
Let's say that I am Joe General Public...if my computer is not broken and I am able to do everything I need to do with it, why in the world would I want to try something like an alternate operating system. What the heck is an operating system? How do I even find out that such an animal exists? Education/awareness is paramount to the success of this project. - -K On Friday 19 July 2002 14:15, you wrote: > I still think that it would be a huge disservice to the users to give > them a hacked, unsupported outside of BRLUG distribution of Linux. > Giving out a Debian or Red Hat or Mandrake would leave open their > options for support. CDs are cheap. Trying to shoehorn a bunch of mixed > software wouldn't have any benefit, unless you abandon the idea of > creating a custom distribution and offer an "add-on" CD of software that > the distribution doesn't currently have, such as OpenOffice, nVidia > drivers (or scripts to obtain, build, and install them if licensing > doesn't permit), and books in electronic format. > > One other avenue to consider would be the possibility to have the Rute ( > http://rute.sf.net ) printed and donated to libraries. Having it done at > Kinkos might be prohibitively expensive, but does anyone have ties to > publishers or printing companies that can possibly get this done at a > reasonable rate? > > -Tim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9OHlqUoGHsPHkAUoRAsS1AJ95u069d31+9GUxDJv9Rc/ra5MzOQCeNn4Z ObvWDXxlrGcaDbmqARqdGlI= =NSrU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
