RE: [2] Requesting distro info
I see you are sending html, but I forgot to put ;) ;)
Wait, elinux ??? When are you guys going to ditch that loser Microsoft ????
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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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