Ok then Debian it is. No i dont use gentoo.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 31/03/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">iain Baker</b> <<a href="mailto:iain.dbaker@gmail.com">iain.dbaker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Ok... im going to break with tradition here, and instead of<br>recommending my favourite Distro as the base, i'm going to recommend
<br>the on that means less work graphically.<br><br>Since we are all putting forward our dream distro base's my suggestion<br>is Debian, for no reason other than we use a yellow debian swirl on<br>the llug logo.<br><br>
as for target audiences, i would say the live cd element is aimed at<br>inexperienced Linuxers that we are advertising the O/S to, so it<br>should be a powerful and easy to use distro but not too windows<br>like... we want the user to know they are using an innovative
<br>operating system not just a windows/os X clone (dont forget most users<br>cant tell the difference between a window manager and an O/S).<br><br>The install base is a more complex audience... i'd like to think the<br>
live cd users would like the cd and want to make it a permanent<br>fixture... but i'd also like to think we're creating something we are<br>proud of and that we would use ourselves!<br><br>Ultimately however this Distro is an advertising tool... for the LUG
<br>and for Linux.<br><br>That's what i think any way...<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Lincs mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Lincs@mailman.lug.org.uk">Lincs@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/lincs">
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