My understanding is that we have at least two target audiences - Students (uni) and Joe User. We have a solution for both of them each customized to their individual use case. That is the nice thing about a Linux distribution - the choice is yours.
I guess good contenders would be Mono Live and Ubuntu. They are not fundamentally different systems, but its always good to dumb things down for the first baby steps until someone feels comfortable with the new system. On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But..hardly anyone will use the complicated compilers/interpreters and > IDEs. That is, most normal people don't do any software development. And > I'd argue that somebody going into software development should be more > than capable of installing any compilers/interpreters/etc..especially > since they are an apt-get away. > > I do agree about the Freshers week, though. Or at least, during the > early parts of the semester, not so late as this one was. When everybody > is bushy tailed and eager.. > > > > > > On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 01:58 +0200, Sebastian Cachia wrote: >> Regarding what Anton mentioned, the idea of having a Student's Distro >> would be great. I've read somewhere once that a tool exists that >> easily repackages a custom version of Ubuntu. Something like that >> could be great as it would combine the convenience of having a distro >> ready to install with all the "complicated" compilers and interpreters >> and IDEs preinstalled (perhaps it could even be a live cd) together >> with something that can help encourage students to use OSS software. >> >> I think having a CD like that would be something great for ICTSA to >> give out during Freshers week at Uni. Pass by the stand and get your >> fee copy of Ubuntu with all the software you will need for your >> assignments preinstalled. I believe your are involved with ICTSA right >> Gianluca? >> >> Oh and btw, has anybody been keeping note of the ideas that have been >> mentioned over the past few days? >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
