Re: Mini CD Request

Niall O Broin writes:

> On Saturday 28 June 2003 20:39, Robert S. Williams, MD wrote:
> 
> > I'm interested in obtaining a couple of the lnx-bbc mini CDs for the
> > purposes of evangilizing Linux to the medical industry. If someone in a
> > position to send the CD's  would be so kind as to contact me via pmail I
> > would really appreciate it.
> 
> I'd venture to suggest that lnx-bbc is NOT an evangelist's CD. It's a tool to 
> be use by Linux experts to help them with problems, or to get A N Other box 
> up and running with a decent OS rather quickly. If you want to show off 
> Linux, I'd suggest that something like Knoppix, a full Linux on a bootable CD 
> with X, KDE, Open Office, lots of bells and whistles, is much more 
> appropriate. 

I would agree, unless you want to demonstrate some specific
application with LNX-BBC (for example, an rsync/ssh backup).  For
general outreach and demonstration purposes, Knoppix is probably
always going to be preferable.

If someone can come up with a current list of live-CD distributions,
perhaps we should include it on our web site.

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