[GRLUG] What are you doing to expose people to Linux?

[Brad Becker]

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 20:36:10 Bob Kline wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2007 9:39 PM, Brad Becker <investmgmt at s91195370.onlinehome.us>
>
> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 20 November 2007 13:00:11 Michael Mol wrote:
> > > (Seemed like a good idea for a discussion, so I split it off.)
> >
> > The distro's I typically burn are PCLinuxOS and Sidux because KDE is a
> > bit more windows-like plus hardware detection is pretty good, maybe not
> > quite as
> > good as Ubuntu but close.
> >
> >
> >
> > Brad Becker
> >
> >
> > Just curious,  according to distrowatch.com
>
> PCLinuxOS is hot right now.  As much so as
> Ubuntu it would appear in terms of the activity
> numbers.
>
> The question is why?  PCLinuxOS appears to
> be a derivative of Mandrake and/or Mandriva,
> which has long been considered a good distribution,
> and was once a top choice,  but what about it is
> drawing all the interest?  Why is someone choosing
> it over Ubuntu for example?


Hard to put a finger on just one thing, it's a mix of a nice 'outta the box 
experience' plus multimedia friendly, attention to detail, and excellent 
community support.

A small example of the details thing is the look of Putty.  Check it out:

Kubuntu: http://oberon.gotdns.com/arcturus/putkub.jpg
PCLinuxOS: http://oberon.gotdns.com/arcturus/putpclos.jpg

Brad Becker