<div dir="ltr">I agree that we should have a bunch of CDs of the same distro on hand with the ability to give out others if people are interested. I need a reminder - does the ubuntu image have a liveCD on it? If so definately go with ubuntu. Otherwise, might do some sort of liveCD-with-installer so people can play with linux on their pc without a lot of effort - get them hooked fast and make converting easy ;)<br>
<br>I would definately promote either FC or Ubuntu though - those are the only two distros that I've installed that just worked out of the box with little or no tweaking on my end. We don't want new users to get frustrated...let them get hooked first, then give them gentoo/LFS =)<br>
<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Leo Mauler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:webgiant@yahoo.com">webgiant@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Oren Beck <<a href="mailto:orenbeck@gmail.com">orenbeck@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Leo Mauler<br>
> <<a href="mailto:webgiant@yahoo.com">webgiant@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > And on another note, I'm getting ready to burn a<br>
> > spindle of Linux CDs for ITEC. Should I wait until<br>
> > October and then burn one of the newer alpha images,<br>
> > or get started now on the "stable" Ubuntu 8.04 LTS<br>
> > image?<br>
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> Consider perhaps a lighter footprint distro. My current<br>
> contenders are Puppy or Damn Small.<br>
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</div>I'm reluctant to promote Puppy Linux to newcomers as it has its own proprietary packaging system (".pet") and this system only seems to have a utility for converting Slackware packages to .PET packages. While Slackware is still a nice distro, it is still not a distro I would start a non-Linux user on to get interested in Linux.<br>
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DSL does Debian's package manager and can convert to a full Debian install (two major bonuses), but the problem with ITEC is that attendees have had a year or two to see Vista's Aero and all the other eye candy, and DSL is very basic. Ubuntu is flashy as well as good, so it still may be the better distro for ITEC.<br>
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