Hi, <snip> > Why is Debian missing from the distro list? It is the free-est of > distributions (except for gnewsense and utoto, which are not > practical for fresh users). You can put it in the > Student/Developer list. And personally I feel opensuse should be > out, after the dirty deal between Novell and MS (this is not a > flamebait, just an opinion :-) > [Shields up] Practically adding Debian is not helpful. I wouldn't recommend Debian to a first time user, and I don't want to explain to a newbie why debian is not recommended for first time use. We can go on arguing why [Insert your fav distro here] is not included in the list. However, at the end of the day its the volunteers @ the expo who have to answer queries from the public.
> Do you really want to put fdisk as a basic command? Imagine the > disasters that may follow with newbies. > This is for people who have used the format command in DOS. Granted its not the same thing, but there *is* a command which can format disks :) Again a question asked many times @ the expo (Usually by the computer hardware dealers who participate in the expo) > Also, one can add a short list of good Linux books that are > available. Most of these should be general Linux intros., but > there should also be one or two 'political' books, e.g., > Stallman's "Free as in Freedom". I would be happy to provide a > short list of "beginner-to-intermediate" books I have found useful > and refer to frequently. > Please do provide a list of books. Books that are available in India :) -Devendra Laulkar. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
