[KLUG Members] Can anyone say...Boogies?

[Bruce Smith]

> >If "we" (KLUG) were to distribute this software, a complete distro is
> >the WRONG way to do it, mainly because it takes a _LOT_ of work to
> >maintain a distro, "we" don't have the manpower, and our time could be
> >better spent by focusing on the cybercafe software.
> It's a big "IF" in any case, since I see no demand for this software.

Oh believe me, I'm not suggesting we actually do it!  :-)

It's not really practical for KLUG to maintain, develop, or distribute
the software any longer, since we no longer have a running installation.

> >I recently installed one _large_ open source application on a major
> >distro.  This application consists of over 60 RPM's, and was
> >surprisingly easy to install on top of the distro.
> You're presuming an rm-based system. 

Not really.  The software is actually distributed as source.  Someone
else packages it for a limited number of distributions.  Since I had
planned on installing this on a new/dedicated machine, I picked a
distribution that had binary packages made for it.  That way I can get
it up and running the fastest and easiest way possible to evaluate it.  

It's also nice in this [evaluation] case to use a distro that is known
to run the software without problems.

If I decide to stick with this package, I may switch distros later,
taking the longer/harder route of compiling from source.  Or not. :-)

 - BS