[TriLUG] More Installfest questions ...

[Lisa C. Boyd]

You guys have been holding out on me! I did a lot of reading yesterday from 
the different distributions' web sites. The one that I was most impressed 
with was Debian. I naively didn't realize all the software that comes with 
these installs. I'm used to just installing an OS and then having to go 
piece together software. It's really cool that all this stuff comes 
packaged together. I was also impressed with Mandrake although the 
information about the software that comes with it didn't seem as 
well-organized as the Debian site. Frankly I got frustrated trying to find 
information on Red Hat's site - maybe it's just too over my head right now 
or I wasn't looking in the right spots.

So will there be a Debian guru at the Installfest? How many CDs do I need 
to bring? I'm either going with Debian or Mandrake. I'm not afraid to read 
up and learn and you guys have been a great source of information. Thanks :)

Oh yeah, no one mentioned that Linux is good for 3d rendering and video 
editing - does any one here do video editing with theirs? That's a secret 
passion of mine.

Lisa B.