On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 09:16, Michael Halcrow wrote:
> In all seriousness, it takes at least 2 hours to get a Debian box up
> and running at an install fest.  With Knoppix, it's more like 10-20
> minutes.  That only means that you can get more people in and out of
> the install fest stations with less hand-holding.  In fact, I would bet
> that it takes less time to install Knoppix than Red Hat or Mandrake,
> simply because all it does is copy over an image, rather than install
> actual packages. 

That does sound quite tempting, until I remind myself that it is still
Debian.  I really should at least try using debian for a few days
before I continue to bad mouth it, I guess.  If I can actually install
it in "10-20 minutes" that greatly improves the chances that I will.

Bryan


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