I agree with Tim. Knoppix is ideal for demonstration, but it will confuse newbies who want to install. IIRC, DemoLinux can be installed from within the live filesystem.
But, I would instead recommend RedHat and/or Mandrake. Or, if I had to choose, Mandrake. I agree with you Dustin that we need to keep it simple at first, and add on later. So, what about just starting with one distro: Mandrake 8.2? I think they would like to be asked first about what we are proposing, since their business model is centered around paid memberships. If Mandrake says no, then RedHat would be the next logical choice. Also, I think we should investigate using one of the "desktop" oriented distros that Ed has waxed enthusiastic on: Lycoris and ELX. Most newbies will have used M$ Windows prior to Linux, and both of these distros aim at duplicating Redmond's look and feel. I haven't yet played with either of these yet, but hope to do so soon. John Hebert --- Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the aim is to not confuse people, I don't think > Knoppix would be the > way to go other than as a demonstration tool. The > fact that personal > settings and hardware configurations can't be saved > between reboots > would be quite confusing to someone who's seeking > out the merits of a > new operating system. It seems that only an advanced > Linux user could > make actual productive use of that distribution, > being that he'd have to > come up with work-arounds for the inconveniences of > a read-only system. > > Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > I am on the other side of the fence. I am thinking > of the patrons that > > will be accessing this stuff. Most will have > little information about > > Linux. I think we should focus more on > distributions like Knoppix that > > don't require a dedicated PC. Also, I think for > now we need to keep > > this limited to two or three distributions. After > running the program > > for a bit we will know how every works and then be > able to expand. In > > fact, this is one of the reasons why I ended up > taking a more active > > role in the project--everything was at a > stand-still in large part > > because we were looking at doing too much too > soon. At least, that's > > what I saw happening. I think we should stay small > and targeted at > > first and then see how everything works out. No > rush. > > > > We need to get a general consensus on this. > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > At 11:29 AM 8/28/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > > >> I was thinking about the distributions we should > include. Redhat is > >> practically a given since I think everyone > interested in Linux and > > > > > > > > --- > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Puryear Information Technology > > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
