Any OS but a Linux OS would be, well, not right.  I guess BSD or 
something would be OK but not a M$ OS.

Can we add Slackware, it's a Minnesota grown distribution (just learned 
that) it would be good to promote something so close to home.

Sam.

Rick Meyerhoff wrote:

> IMHO we should start with about 5 - 10 distros. The main general
> purpose ones and also some for old/slow machines since there are
> always several people who come to installfests with old machines. I'll
> stick my neck out and suggest these as a start:
>
> general purpose:
> Red Hat
> SuSE
> Mandrake
> Debian
>
> light weight:
> Damn Small Linux
> Morphix
>
> The distro server needs to be set up to:
>
> 1. periodically retrieve the latest ISO images, mirrors,
> updates, whatever for the distros.
>
> 2. run without a monitor, keyboard, mouse. It has to boot and
> be ready to telnet in to.
>
> 3. be fairly secure. User's only need read access and be
> able to use the CD drive(s).
>
> 4. do DNS for the fest. At least I think this would be a good idea.
>
> What OS should be running on the distro server? I'm tempted to
> say XP but that would not even be funny. Ironic maybe but not funny.
>


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