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> Matthew Magee wrote:
> > On Thursday 25 March 2004 06:20 am, Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> I think the three way install was too much.  It was too difficult
> >> to focus on any one install, much less pick up useful information
> >> from all three.
> > 
> > 
> > I think that we would have been better served by doing the installs
> > before the meeting.  All three of those distros are designed to be
> > very easy to install, and one could expect that any difficulty would
> > be due to a glitch rather than an inherent design flaw in the install
> > process.  With all the machines up and running, there would be a
> > decent amount of time to compare/contrast the distros.
> 
> 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.
> 
In all fairness to Xandros and myself, the hardware proved to be the problem. 
The original unit had a defective CDROM drive.  When Dow brought in another
unit the install was fairly effortless.  

Ray



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