[Glastonbury] Just a little idea

[steve]

Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

>On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 09:24:15PM +0000, Greg Browne wrote:
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>>As a new user dare I throw a vote in the direction of Mandrake 10 or
>>10.1? It just, well sort of, works with simple installation questions
>>like US or UK!  I tried Debian Woody but just could not get the
>>graphic drivers to work properly on a VIA C3 board and found many of
>>the questions/instructions incomprehensible to a newbie.
>>
>>Greg
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>Try the Debian "Sarge" net installer - a few questions including
>the name of the machine, IP address and so on then download the 
>rest from the net. It's about 15 minutes or so to install the base
>system and then potentially a long download from the 'Net.
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this is great if you can configure your usb adsl modem connection first
"if you don't want to get your hands dirty stay out of the kitchen...."

>Woody is about two years old: Debian "Sarge" a.k.a testing at this
>point is likely to release within the next couple of months. Martin
>should have a netinst CD around or go to
>http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre-rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
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>I can't remember off-hand which graphics chipset the (presumably
>mini-itx) C3 boards are using. Any problems - ask - and you may get the
>right answer.
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>"Go not to Usenet - for you will be told No and Yes and Try another
>newsgroup" :)
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i agree andy. half the joy of linux is being part of a global network of 
user help/gnu experience.
"it's a mystery to me. the game commences..."
as a teacher of ict and advocate for FLOSS i want my students to 
experience every aspect of ict and and that does include non-FLOSS. they 
have to know the differences and make up their own minds.
i also understand that any new user of FLOSS must migrate at their own 
speed.
it could be called the "differentiated install".
as members of the LUG we have to embrace this and help any user even if 
they want to get back to where they were "before".
every user is unique and will require a different approach to using FLOSS.

food for thought anyway.
regards,
steve.