[wellylug] new distro

jumbophut jumbophut at gmail.com
Tue Oct 5 23:59:53 NZDT 2004


On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 06:21:04 +1200, dave elliott wrote:
> Wanted. New distro and volunteer to install at next Wellylug to replace
> Redhat9 on my desktop.Show me the way.
> 

If I'm there (I presume you mean the Wgtn meeting rather than the Hutt
one), I'll happily bring CDs and install Debian.  Of course, I expect
plenty of competition from the Mandrake/Suse/Slack/... fans. :-)

Whatever you end up putting on the machine, it would be helpful if you
could give us some idea of the desktop's specs in advance.  In
particular, expansion cards and any on-board graphics/sound/network
chips.  Printer specs could also be handy if you want to get printer
support running.  Hardware detection is pretty good for most distros
these days, but it's nice to be prepared for the exceptions.

Also, if we know what you like to do with your machine, that might
make one distro more appropriate than another.  (Mandrake/SUSE for
relatively user-friendly productivity apps, Debian for
server/developer, Slack for a slimmed-down, highly customisable system
-- I'm simplifying horribly, but you get the idea).

Cheers

-- 
Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')




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