Which distro are we going to install?

[Bernie Hoefer]

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On 025-09-18 14:49 UTC-05:00, David Spoelstra wrote:
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>> Do you know, David, if an Ubuntu install will do the same thing?
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> Yes it does. The installer is super easy. You can pick side-by-side
> (50% each and it will shrink down Windows), or you can do a custom
> amount for each and it will shrink down Windows.
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That is awesome to hear.

It sounds a better than what Fedora Linux offers in that when one chooses to shrink an existing partition, it just gives you a slider between the minimum and maximum that can be reclaimed.  It is up to the user to figure out for themselves how much they need.  (Indeed, the minimum reclaimed starts at 0 B.  One can choose as little as ~2.3 GB, which I guess is good enough for a minimal Fedora installation... but how is a user suppose to know that... and how much do they need to reclaim if they want a full workstation install?)


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> I can bring:
> 2015 Dell Inspiron 5548 with i5-5200U and 8GB
> 2014 HP ProBook 440 G2 with i3-4030U and 8GB
> 2011 Mac Powerbook with i7-4558U and 16GB (my main machine)
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Are you wanting to co-present when I get to the "installing GNU/Linux on a machine already containing Windows" part of the night?  I'd be happy if you do!


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> I agree with Dan about liability. Instead, we should tell people to
> bring 8GB flash drives and we'll put the distro on the drive for
> them and they can live boot and install later themselves.
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Ack.  The weekend before the meeting, I'll send out e-mails / announce on Twitter / etc. that attendees should bring a blank 4 GB (or greater) USB disk.

Thanks again, David!


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