On 9/23/07, Timothy Musson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christopher Sawtell, 2007-09-23 19:58:01:
> > As you can see the response to my pleading for material has been
> > absolutely overwhelming.
> > Therefore I'm not sure if we will be able the put your gNewSense-1.1
> > into the hard disc archive. If there is space It'll go in, otherwise
> > it might find a home in the cupboad rather than on the hard-drive.
>
> > Other than the fact that it's 'as pure as driven snow', does it have
> > any pertinent technical features which would make me feel that it's a
> > worthy of being loaded into the archive?
>
> The lack of binary blobs surely counts as technical advantage,
> especially if you're interested in security and privacy. It's much
> harder to trust or fix a black box, right?
Correct.

> But since archive space is limited and gNewSense is unlikely to be in
> much demand, I guess it would make sense to keep the CD in the cupboard.
> Though, I hope there's an easy way for people to find out what's
> available.
Indeed. I'll be posting a URL of the complete list and what's where.
If I can work out how to get it all uploaded to the CLUG wiki I'll do that too.

> Maybe a page on the CLUG wiki listing what's archived and what's in the 
> cupboard?
Don't worry. I'm keeping a record of what we have and a short
description of each distribution.

-- 
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell

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