Re: X Servers for win32 & telnet logins

[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 01:31:04PM +0000, C.Lamb wrote:
> Jose,
> 
> At the moment, all CD based software is sold via the Computer
> Centre Reception desk, none of the satellite centres sell
> anything other than floppy based stuff. This is more to
> do with the fact that the CD copier is on Jean's desk
> and distribution of high cost s/w (mostly MS) to all
> 4 corners of the uni. reduces security.

	Sorry, I only bought a copy of Turbo C at the time when O'Reilly
books said it was quite good :)

> I have been thinking of asking Walnut Creek if I can copy
> their 4 CD FBSD set as a promotion and then asking CJC if I can 
> use the Ed ITC as the distribution base (it needs his say so).

	That'd be a good idea. Unfortunately, I know not of the legalese
involved here :)

> If CJC gives a go-ahead does anyone have CheapBytes versions
> of 1 or 2 (no more - we don't wan't to cause distro confusion
> in a new user) Linuces we can copy willy-nilly?

	I'll be making some copies of debian 2.2 (by the time this is
out, presumably we'll all be using computers that need not use keyboards
and that sort of stuff). This is freely distributable, and I'd be
willing to type some installation notes. The main advantage I see here
is the *HUGE* software collection you get with it. This is good news for
most science students, who will enjoy the benefits of not going through
the PowerPacks and the like.

	Anyway, I think this is a good idea, so if you can find out
whether it's feasible or not, I could put some time apart towards
helping out.

	Regards,
	José
-- 
José L Gómez Dans			PhD student
					Radar & Communications Group
					Department of Electronic Engineering
					University of Sheffield UK
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