[Nottingham] [Talk] *TODAY* Wednesday 04/08/2010 What distro? And why so many of 'em?

[Martin]

Folks,

*TODAY* Wednesday 04/08/2010:


> What Linux distro? And why so many of 'em?
> 
> 
> Keeping up with the multiple distro releases is an impossible job for
> most people, there's so many distros! From this week's Distro Watch
> http://distrowatch.com/
> there were 3 distros released last week and another is upcoming. That's
> just for one week! There's a top 100 distros and there's many more than
> that... And yet most people outside of Linux have heard of at most just
> /two/ OSes/systems...
> 
> So why?
> 
> And how?
> 
> And how to choose?
> 
> Are we in the midst of a Cambrian explosion of Linux?
> 
> 
> And if you have any hardware you'd like help with to install a distro,
> you're welcome to bring it along. (Backup any data /first/ ...)
> 
> 
> All at:
> 
> The Navigation
> 
> http://www.lock6.co.uk/
> Real ale, food, and free WiFi access
> 
> 
> Wednesday 04/08/2010
> 
> Meet:	19:30
> (in the bar somewhere - look for penguins or just shout "where's NLUG!")
> 
> Talk/Questions/Discussion:	20:00
> (in the room upstairs)
> 
> Beers and Linux and other topics until 23:00
> 
> The Navigation Inn
> 6 Wilford Street
> Nottingham
> NG2 1AA
> Tel: 0115 9417139
> 
> http://www.pub-explorer.com/notts/pub/navigationinnnottingham.htm
> http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=52.948&lon=-1.1518&scale=10000&icon=x
> 
> 
> (Hope we're not geeked out with TWO geekie events in Nottingham in the
> same week! :-) )


All welcome,

(Just look for the netbooks or ask the friendly barstaff.)


Cheers,
Martin


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Martin Lomas
martin at ml1.co.uk
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