We discussed it earlier and decided upon Debian. The automated dependency resolution was the main reason. Most of the machines brought to past install fests were low powered; 486s, Pentiums, etc. Distros like RedHat and Mandrake are more suited to higher powered machines.
We are open to other distros. I'll bring most of the CD Library so we'll have lots of distros to pick from. John Hebert On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 23:31:39 -0500, Mat Branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For academic purposes it is free indefinately. For Commercial purposes, > there is a trial period. I have a copy burnt (played around with it a > little bit). I am going to try to make it to the install fest, and if I > can, I will definately bring it. > > So Debian installs for the newbies? hmm... Why not something like > Redhat or the other more userfriendly distros? > > --mat > > On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 21:56, John Hebert wrote: >> On 13 Jul 2003 15:45:35 -0500, Lt. Kernel individual >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > I'm not at the level of guru yet, but I've sure installed enough > Linux >> > Distros to help out at the install fest. Playing with new OS's is my >> > hobby, so I have a pretty good selection. Which ones do you think > would >> > be good to offer at the install fest? Here's a list of what I have: >> > >> > FreeBSD >> > QNX >> > Gentoo (although I haven't installed it on a HD yet) >> > JAMD Linu (my favorite) >> > Mandrake 8.1 >> > Yellow Dog (for any mac users) >> > Bonzai (based on Debian) >> > NetBSD (both x86 and SPARC versions) >> > LNX-BBC (live cd for recovery or experienced users) >> >> I think we were planning to do Debian installs, although that's not > carved >> in stone. >> >> Is QNX free? > -- John Hebert System Engineer I T Group, Inc. http://www.it-group.com
