Re: [Nolug] need lots of knoppix copies

From: Manuel Lora <vanguardist_at_cox.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:29:21 -0600
Message-Id: <1068658160.24085.21.camel@localhost.localdomain>

I'd be down for an installfest. Do you know when in January you're going
to be doing that presentation? Make sure you use Impress from OO.o
1.1... which starts up 25% faster than 1.0 :)

ml

On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 10:22, Joey Kelly wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> >Are you sure you want Knoppix only? If someone people want to install,
> >it would be nice to give them an installable distro as an option.
> >(Please let's not continue the "OMG IT HAS TO BE DEBIAN/MDK/GENTOO/RED
> >HAT/FEDORA/SUSE/SLACK meme here).
>
> 2 good points. I definitely want a knoppix-like CD (knoppix, SuSE's Live CD,
> NetBSD has one... who else?), but an installable CD would also be good.
>
> We're talking newbies here... so slack is out, but Fedora (gaa...), SuSE,
> Mandrake and ??? would be good. Perhaps if everyone could burn a copy or two
> of their favorite distro so they can have a selection to choose from? Latest
> versions only, please...
>
> One other item, which I haven't broached with the NOPCC guy yet, is the
> possibility of an installfest (hey, Scott!) for the newcomers to Linux. I
> don't know what their reaction to that would be, nor do I have logistics
> suggestions, either. If an installfest happens, it would have to be some time
> after the initial Linux presentation event. Perhaps we could plan one and
> invite them to it?
>

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