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Distribution for next Installfest



>From Jerry Feldman:

> IMHO, Debian is the best distribution if you know what you are doing. I 
> think that SuSE is also excellent. The only reason for not using Debian at 
> the installfests is the people that come to the installfests need something 
> they can use later, and I found that as good as Debian is, it is much less 
> user friendly, especially for beginners. Installation is also slower, at least 
> until they get their new package manager out (I have not checked).

Agreed.  Quick and easy installation during the limited time of an Installfest
is a huge plus, even for those of us who do know what we're doing (anyone 
want to make that claim?).

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