On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:52:11 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/23/07, Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some recent posts have prompted me to ask "should we have a distro war?" > > > > I am sure that many of us are unaware of the pros and cons of "other" > > distros and wondered if we should dedicate some time to showing off our > > favourite distros at CLUG meetings. > Do you see this as an 'Outreach' exercise? > > > A couple of thoughts come to mind..... > > > > We could have a standard list of topics/questions to apply to each distro. > > > > We could have a line-up of PC's with different distros feeding into a KVM > > switch then the projector or possibly a different distro at each meeting. > > > > What say others? > > A very good idea! > Lets try to avoid getting near an invocation of Godwin's Law. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law > > Would this be an appropriate exercise for the November meeting? > > Have you got a LiveCD to hand? > > -- > Sincerely etc. > Christopher Sawtell I disagree. All you'd see is the difference in theming. Would you notice the difference in wich version of openoffice is loaded? The biggest difference between distros is in adminny things like package management, and political things like the inclusion of nVidia drivers, both of which will bore most desktop users to tears or worse. Steve
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