[no subject]

But the one of the main points was to see how true they were to their 
'easy to install' claim.  Xandros, for example, initially proved to be a 
challenge for Ray, who is quite experienced with various flavors of Linux.

> Once everybody is in, a poll can be taken to determine the
> applications that are important for an average user.

I agree with this to the extent that I would have liked a follow up 
meeting to do the contrast/compare.  I like the idea of the side by side 
installs, but I'm just not sure how to present it with out it being chaotic.

> As for the young lady in attendance, I am surprised she stayed as
> long as she did. It was a free-for-all, and historically, women have
> not fared well in such environments.

Likely so.  I think we need to work on this issue.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft


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