[plug] Installfest - distributions

[Tony Clark]

quoting Leon Brooks <leon at brooks.smileys.net>:

> Solutions:
> 
> IMPORTANT: IF YOU ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING EDITED INFORMATION TOWARDS A 
WALL
> POSTER,
> PLEASE DELETE THIS PARAGRAPH PLUS THE ---XXX-POSTER-INFO--- TAGS 
BELOW AND
> EVERYTHING BETWEEN THEM FROM YOUR REPLY *** NOW ***!
> 
> (1) if they ask for a specific distro, install that. An installer can
> usually
> have 2 or 3 machines on the hop at once.
> 
> (2) let's have a wall poster emphasising the advantages of each 
distro; we
> can
> start arguing that down here and now; and see if that helps them to 
make a
> decision.
> 
> (3) have a simple card stack. Give each installer three cards, take 
one
> card
> from each, shuffle randomly, place in pile, repeat twice more. If an
> installee
> makes a choice, installer finds his top card in the pile and tags the
> machine
> with it. Else user takes a card from the pile. Installers need not 
restrict
> themselves to one distro.
> 
> Edit the information and re-post it.  Leave the ---XXX-POSTER-INFO--- 
tags
> here
> for ease of later parsing.
> 
> ---START-POSTER-INFO--- ie, <flame mode=on valve="100%">
> 
> RedHat: most common distribution, widest range of compatible packages,
> arguably
> least stringent security.
> 
> Mandrake: derived from RedHat, most RH packages compatible, selectable
> security
> levels including reasonably paranoid, lots of nice toys out of the 
box,
> requires
> most disk space.  Needs 586 or above processor.
> 
> DebIan: more care take in assembly than either of above, effective
> dependency
> management, most optional toys of all.
> 
> Slackware: simplest distribution?
> 
> SuSE: best video drivers?
> 
> whoever-else: add your contribution here. Leave the ---XXX-POSTER-
INFO---
> tags
> here for ease of later parsing.
> 
> ---END-POSTER-INFO---
> 
> -- 
> If life is merely a joke, the question remains: for whose amusement?
> 
> 



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