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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Which Linux distro/version should we use to place KDE on cdrom?
From:       Christian Lavoie <clavoi14 () po-box ! mcgill ! ca>
Date:       2001-05-23 2:24:04
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On Tuesday 22 May 2001 18:21, Chris Howells wrote:
> Rinse de Vries wrote:
> > That is the question that a Dutch computer magazine is asking,
> > They want to place a precompiled version of KDE on their cdrom, but they
> > don't know which version to use.
> > Which distro is most common, but does not ship with the latest version of
> > kde?
> > Is it possible to use generick binairies that are usable on the mos
> > common Linux distro's?

Not unless you statically link just about everything in sight. Which probably 
means you'll need a DVD to fit the binaries =P

> I hate to say this 

Then don't. =)

At the price of starting a flame war: I'll say recommend debian. Why? It's 
the only thing you can do without backing a specific vendor at the price of 
the others. Debian is not vendor-backed, so you're not favorising a vendor 
using it.

> (I use Debian ;) ), but most people will probably use
> RedHat, Mandrake, or SuSE.

I hope not...

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Christian Lavoie
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