[YLUG] Installfest Update

[Nick]

On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 11:37 +0000, Paul Gibbs wrote:
> Zoe Stephenson wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   Installfest is just a couple of days away!  Here's a brief status update:
> > [SNIP]
> > - I've tried out Ubuntu 9.10 amd64 on my new laptop and it all looks quite
> >   straightforward, so I'm thinking this will be the main offering.
> >   
> I'd be careful using that one it; could prove to be embarrassing finding 
> that it breaks in too many ways:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/03/karmic_koala_frustration/
> 
> Paul.<><


Having been using it since alpha4 or so, I can say it's fine, really,
honestly. It doesn't deal with some upgrades as well as others, I guess
- but we're mostly focusing on new installs. And I've not seen one of
those fail yet.

There's still bugfixes and package updates trickling in, but nothing
major or awful as far as I can see.

That said, I'll be bringing some Fedora 11 DVDs along with a laptop with
a Karmic/W7/F12 triple-boot setup for comparative fun. I hate -
literally hate, with a passion - RPM-based distributions, but Fedora is
starting to change that. It's all very odd :D

/Nick