Which CD to burn enmasse for ITEC? (was Re: Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 5 now available)

[Leo Mauler]

--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Oren Beck <orenbeck at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Leo Mauler
> <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > And on another note, I'm getting ready to burn a
> > spindle of Linux CDs for ITEC.  Should I wait until 
> > October and then burn one of the newer alpha images, 
> > or get started now on the "stable" Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 
> > image?

> Consider perhaps a lighter footprint distro. My current
> contenders are Puppy or Damn Small.

I'm reluctant to promote Puppy Linux to newcomers as it has its own proprietary packaging system (".pet") and this system only seems to have a utility for converting Slackware packages to .PET packages.  While Slackware is still a nice distro, it is still not a distro I would start a non-Linux user on to get interested in Linux.

DSL does Debian's package manager and can convert to a full Debian install (two major bonuses), but the problem with ITEC is that attendees have had a year or two to see Vista's Aero and all the other eye candy, and DSL is very basic.  Ubuntu is flashy as well as good, so it still may be the better distro for ITEC.