LUG: installfest on 22 Apr - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:17:36 -0400

Subject : LUG: installfest on 22 Apr

From : Jonathan Smith <smithj@gentoo.[redacted]>

Date : Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:17:36 -0400

For this install fest, I hope to use PxE/tftp to save on the trouble of
burning install media. However, to do this, I will need to know which
distros folks would like installed. I already have rPath Linux 1.0.1 and
Foresight Linux 0.9.4.mr2, as well as my personal favorites Orleans
GNU/Linux 1.1.5 and Gentoo Linux 2006.0 and the popular favorite Ubuntu.
However, I realize some of you guys like other distros, so I'm going to
be taking requests for ISOs to download and set up for PxE boot.

Also, if your computer is too old to network boot, and you'd like
something installed, let me know and I'll try to secure some physical
media for use.

Also note that I am going to *highly* discourage use of FC5. I realize
that some of you might take this to be my supposedly anti-redhat stance,
but I have received a high number of support questions from friends
using FC5 which basically boiled down to the fedora "project" screwing
things up. There are much better distros out there, guys (if you need
redhat based, check out CentOS).

-smithj, keeper of teh shiny (mine... all mine)

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