Without entering the flame war that Alon's personal claims may cause:
i remember four years ago when i decided to install linux
and i had very little experience with computers in general
but still managed to install it by myself (any one with a brain can do it )
but it took me one whole year from the point i connected to hot cables
until i managed to configure pppd and had to suffer using windows
for all that time
so i agree : install party ->very stupid , configuration party->great idea
We held this debate several times in the past. I think that the solution
is to do both (installations and configurations).
and all that mambo jambo about choosing one distribution sucks too
the point of having different distributions is that every one should
choose for himself what suite him not some group choosing a
distribution for all the others
On one hand - Linux is about freedom.
On the other hand, when talking about installation (and installation
only), if we want to have many installations, we can't allow all distro's.
Seeing that the number of installations is on the decline, I guess that
there is no longer a need to pick _a_ distribution, but to have several
possibilities.
(yes), but the person in charge was to incompotent to exploit this.
why should someone be in charge of anything ?
it should be a community effort
A) you need to coordinate stuff -- that requires one person to deal with
(you want someone who knows what going on to talk with the sponsors,
technion, etc.).
B) you need someone to make the final decision on various topics.
the optimal way is to have someone who is responsible to any important
subject: PR, Technical issues, etc.
As for the comment that it should be a community effort - yes it should
be. Adir have asked help several times, and some people volunteered.
However, the number of volunteers was relatively small due to several
reasons (end of semester, last minute change of date, etc.), so this time
is relatively different than previous times.
(BTW, due to personal reasons I couldn't attend, so I have no idea who
came, besides those who've voiced their opinion).
I suggest we do the post-mortem off=line first (after Muli's lecture next
Mon.), if you wish. I think that having it on-line, including the claims
that some people were not as good as they could have been, does not help
too much.
Orr.
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