[PLUG] New to PLUG

[Chris Caston]

On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 22:53, Brock Woolf wrote:
> Oh yeah Chris, it sucks having fo fix Windows, I used to do the same
> thing actually :) but the cash would be good :) 
> 
> Yeah so Perth is the Debian City??? Well I was looking at maybe starting
> running a new Linux distro, I have only tried RedHat, then Mandrake and
> have stuck with it since version 9.0. I was thinking SuSe, cause I hear
> it's easy and nice to use, but the install is a little tricky...Well so
> i'm told, but yeah maybe Debian should be on the list. I do like the
> Debian logo :)
> 

Well I've never tried making a distro before. Any reason why you choose
this approach?

An easy approach to making a distro is to base it on an existing livecd
like Morphix and I believe there is one for Mandrake but I don't know
what it is called.

I'm looking for something at the moment that is as up-to-date as the
current Knoppix (2.6 kernel etc) but is not so bloated and more like
Morphix. This would make shave a lot of time off what it takes to move a
user to Linux. Morphix is designed to be customised but it takes a bit
of reading, patience and involvement.

> Thanks  - Brock
> 
> "Confucious say Man who play in root, eventually kill tree"
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> AMD 1.3GHz Duron, 512MB-RAM ,Maxtor 60GB HDD, nVidia GeForce FX 5200,
> Sony CRX195E CD-RW, AOpen DVD-ROM, Mandrakelinux 10 Official, Linux
> 2.6.3-7mdk, Bill Gates does not live on my machine....
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> 
> 
> On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 22:49, Chris Caston wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 22:22, Brock Woolf wrote:
> > > Oh yeah hey guys,
> > > 
> > > Just thought I would introduce myself, My name is Brock and i am new to
> > > PLUG, so be nice :) If anyone needs any help with Mandrake 10, thats
> > > what I use and i've spent a fair amount of time using it, so I can help
> > > out if need be. By the way i'm 20 also. Linux is boss... but there's
> > > always more to learn. Anyways i'm gonna keep it short and simple, so
> > > yeah hope to get to know all you soon :)
> > > 
> > > - Brock
> > > 
> > Welcome to the list. Perth is the Debian city but Mandrake is up there
> > in the respected and well used (good for the desktop) list.
> > 
> > 
> > I might introduce myself again (this is starting to look like Big
> > Brother ;)
> > 
> > I'm a 23 year-old computer technician/manager/entrepreneur (and aware
> > that this needs to change) that drives around Perth like a chook with no
> > head and does 70 hours a week mostly fixing Windows problems for people
> > then comes home to relax in front of the Debian (Sid) box.
> > 
> > I try to develop more of a strategic rather than a tactical view of
> > Linux knowledge. I find Linux and open source to be great for people
> > that have a good imagination, even if your don't know how to implement
> > those ideas. This is why being part of a community and having access to
> > mental capital is important.
> >  
> > > 
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