On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, Nick Rout wrote:
> Paul Brislen should be first against the wall after the revolution. Its
> true you can buy 16 debian discs including source from copyleft for
> $240, and 8 debian binary discs for $120, but with all respect to Phil
> of copyleft, thats OTT for average Joe. who doesn't want to fiddle under
> the bonnet. Hell you can have a pretty goos debian install from one
> knoppix CD.
Or an even better one when I get the WrightE CD completed.
> A 2-3 disk mandrake system suits a beginner, and that should be no more
> than the $15 per disk Phil charges, or more like $5 per disk from a LUG
> group.
I didn't catch the programme, but I claim to set the top price for
standard distros in NZ, ($15 per CD). This may be something that people
could keep in mind if they are interviewed by the media. No need to
mention Copyleft or myself.
> also Brislen was more or less saying you have to fiddle under the bonnet
> to get linux going. crap. some of us like fiddling and use distros
> accordingly (gentoo here). Others just want a desktop, and install
> something like mandrake and are trouble free.
IMO, a problem with Linux is the absence of an easy and fast installation
scheme for a standard distro suitable for OEMs and computer recyclers.
This is what I am working on at the moment. Before people start to flame,
please remember that the readers of this list have a much higher level of
skills than the majority of people who install XP as part of their
livelihood.
Phil.
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