Yo- I would like suggestions and input on how to "sell" Debian in the sense of Debian versus RedHat, FreeBSD, or any other distribution. I will attempt to persuade a small committee of faculty to install Debian on a yet to be purchased machine. The machine is an experiment at my university to see if a select group of students can successfully administer a machine. I have my own views of why Debian is better and honestly I love it to death but the marketing and X-based configuration of RedHat seem to be weighing against me. I am also aware of a notion that FreeBSD is somewhat more "secure" than linux which I must also combat.
Please suggest the best hardware configuration for a machine that will host thousands of users and be up 24/7. I suspect that an i386 machine would be most suitable only because I am unaware of the stability or availability of Alpha/Sparc ports and due to the lesser price of i386 hardware. Please point me towards any information that might help me get Debian on such an important machine at my university. The machine that am I asking for advice in building is a replacement machine for the machine in which this e-mail is being created. I am sorry if this message seems somewhat convoluded but I feel very strongly about having Debian an the operating system on this computer. I lack the advanced programming skills(I receive my degree in Finance in a few months) to be a Debian developer but I sincerely desire to help promote and help the Debian project. On a side note, with whom do I need to correspond with to discuss the use of the Debian logo and name? If anyone was wondering, I attend the University of North Texas located in Denton, Texas (30miles north of Dallas/Ft.Worth). It is the 3rd largest university in Texas. Please feel free to reply directly to me or to the list! Thanks again, -Ian _____________________________________________________________________ Ian K. Setford [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] H: 940.566.0461 Pgr: 817.901.0255 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]