RE: Requesting distro info

["John van V." <john_van_v@yahoo.com>]

Hi, I like it.  Suggestions only :)

Try to break it up into "bytes", the web seems to favor bullet lists (<UL>),
Start w/ a few broad but tasty items, like how incredibally cool it is.

Then allow the users to dig a little deeper each time the see something
interesting.

This is really easy w/ html but doable in print as well.  I am beginning to
find out that HTML 4 really pushes various print, tv, etc, types of media.

<Intro>
> Debian GNU/Linux is a free distribution and the largest in terms of packages
> (comes with over 2250 packages). 

<Huge offering>
> It is maintained and updated through the
> work of users who volunteer their time without a commercial agenda.

### Note, most of us have commercial agendas wrt to Linux.  Thats the beauty of
Open Source :)

> Along with its large selection of prepackaged software is contains advanced
> package management tools that allow for easy installation and maintenance on
> individual systems and workstation clusters. 

<anal retentive regression testing, too extensive, IMHO ;) ;)>
> Extensive pre-release testing
> is done to ensure the highest degree of reliability possible, and a publicly
> accessible bug tracking system provides an easy way to monitor customer
> feedback.

### Its more than that, it is pretty much an open democracy wrt to decision
making all the way to the logo.
 
> Btw, "Target market" refers to the group of people for whom the distro is
> best suited (people wishing to use free software?)
> And, in Debian's case, I think the only Desktop is Gnome...correct?

That target, again IMHO, is the 5 billion people presently not participating in
free s/w because their governments are too corrupt to string fibre landlines.

I am only lurking because I want to use debian to build thinclients, so thin
that he packages, etc, have to be distributed as some kind of net bean.

I see it as a building kit and a really neat collection of developers.



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John van Vlaanderen

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