[CS-FSLUG] resources

[Alvin Smith]

On Monday 01 November 2004 01:48 pm, Bradly McConnell wrote:
> > > Oh!  Sorry.  I am teaching Linux and Open Source.  Our computers are
> > > running Debian.
>
> Are you more familiar with Debian than any other distro?  

No.  But at this point in my own studies, Debian seems to be the best suited 
for my purposes.

> I'm just 
> wondering since Debian seems like starting a 1st grader in Algebra.

I am not sure if I understand what you mean here.

> I 
> would use Mandrake, Suse, or Fedora, but I'm sure there are those that
> would argue that too.  

Debian requires zero $ to keep updated.  I found it very difficult to install 
the Sword project on my Fedora Core 2 machine, but very easy to do on my 
Debian machine.  Bible tools very important.  Debian also has the largest 
selection of software in repositories.

These are not new machines and Debian Stable runs faster than other 
distributions on them.

> Are you orienting the course to just user side 
> tasks, or some installation/administration tasks?
>

Mostly user tasks, as in what a regular Windows user would be able to do on 
his/her computer, including software installation, printer setup, etc.

Alvin Smith