I am still pushing for LibraNet. It is a great distro, and the developers have been behind the project since I mentioned it to them three months ago. They are creating iron images for the promotion items and posting the labels for us to use. That is the sort of distribution we need to use; one the developers are involved with supporting. Newbies get great support from them and the install is a piece of cake. I would really like to see them in the mix. Mandrake is a good pick too, but I think using less than three would not be playing to Open Source's strengths and diversity.
I do not want it to get too big, but I think the supporters of the project deserve to had the distro they support as part of the project. Having said that, we do need limits. Something like: Only recent distributions. Only distributions actually used by BRLUG members, Only distros that fix on five CDs (or whatever Redhat is bloating to these days.) Redhat is in the news. I think it ought to be in there. Kids are going to come expecting to be able to find it. I no longer use it, but it has some great features. Being able to find books on it easily alone makes it worth including. However, I still land on the "If you don't support us, we don't support you!" for the pilot program. I think vendor buy-in will be important for us. I contacted LibraNet ahead of the game because I know these guys and talk to them all of the time. I have called Jon at home on the weekend once (the list server was down). The ability to work with us on labels (using and modifying), disclaimers and promotional items will be invaluable. Just having a piece of paper saying "we support this project" on company letter head when we make our itches at the libraries will be valuable. --- John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. 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