[wellylug] Installfest flyers

[richard bacon]

--- Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jedolinux.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 23:08 -0700, Brent Wood wrote:
> > > So I'm surprised at the recommended specs.  Do
> the newbie distros
> > > provide any option to limit what gets installed?
> > 
> > 
> > Yes they do. But you are still typically having a
> fair bit of bloat there...
> > like Gnome or KDE centric, etc, and going through
> a list of of a 1000 or so
> > packages to omit what someone thinks you need is a
> pain.
> > 
> > I prefer installindg a distro of the hardware
> vintage. No, you won't get a
> > current setup, but the hardware won't support that
> anyway. Use a distro
> > designed to work on that hardware as a full
> install. Prob better for the user
> > as well.
> > They can't have any false hopes from trying the
> latest & greatest either :-)
> 
> 
> Then we better have some CD's with older versions
> lying around.
> 
> I have Mandrake 9.0. Shall I bring this, and install
> it for the
> needy? ;-)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jedolinux.com>
> 
> www.jethrocarr.jedolinux.com
> 
>
www.jethrocarr.jedolinux.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
> 

A knoppix light or similar might be a better choice,
the base apps will be up to date.

Richard

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