[wellylug] Lightweight Linux install

[Wood Brent]

A few more cents worth... Hopefully to spark some debate leading to an agreed
way from here. (BTW, is there an online archive of this list anywhere?)

Perhaps open a new thread on the discussion board for this? 

Anyway...



Given the politics involved in getting Linux into schools, with the approval of
Ministry of Education, I believe there are a few issues to discuss & resolve.

I think it likely that MinEd would prefer to endorse a single setup, rather
than several, potentially confusing distributions/versions. This is different
from the more normal open source situation where there tends to be discussion
and (generally welcome, sometimes acrimonious) diversity.

I don't have any real axe to grind over which distro is better, but if we are
going to be useful to the Linux on computers in schools campaign, then as a
group we need to agree on a single way forward, both within WLUG & nationally
with other interested parties.

To this end I suggest we work with the developers of the NZ distro, unless
there are some shortcomings we can't support or get fixed. Hopefully a
non-issue. I believe we need to cooperate rather than compete where possible in
this sort of undertaking.

Perhaps the most useful task will ba a compilation of applications/games
suitable for use in this situation. Possibly repackaged to provide a simple
install with the agreed distro. 

Spotcha!