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[andy baxter]

mp wrote:
> andy baxter wrote:
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>> I think that the wording on your version (or something similar) might be 
>> better than mine as it's more to the point of what most people are 
>> interested in when thinking of using linux. I wrote mine the way I did 
>> because I wanted to explain the point about software freedom, but maybe 
>> it's more important at first to tell people what linux can do for them.
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> The two texts could well be combined, but the word "distro" will also be
> recognised only by those who already know what it is, I think.
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I tend to use the word 'flavour' or 'version' when explaining it to 
people at first - e.g. 'Linux comes in a variety of different flavours 
which are released by different groups of people.' And then start using 
the word distro when they have the basic idea in their heads.

andy