Re: LUG: installfest on 22 Apr - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:33:13 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: installfest on 22 Apr

From : Wolfman <wolfman.ncsu2000@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:33:13 -0400

Perhaps Ubuntu would be a good distro to use? Who knows: maybe I
could even help install that!

On 4/10/06, Jonathan Smith <smithj@gentoo.[redacted]> wrote:
> 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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