2011-01-04 NWCLUG
Gil requested a round of introductions.

John demo’d two distributions:
•	Puppy Wary 5
o	Clean image with each startup
o	Can save sessions and downloaded applications
o	Runs in RAM, the disc can be removed after bootup
o	Several variations with different options, some with full codecs and multimedia capability
•	Mint 10
o	Based on Ubuntu Lucid
o	Uses and updated Gnome menu
o	Includes updated themes

Jared demo’d OpenSUSE 11.3
•	Used commercial SUSE at work and wanted a similar workstation
•	Uses RPM packages 
•	YaST2 GUI control center for full system administration
•	Includes a command-line YaST Control Center
•	Alternate package manager - Zypper for searching and managing packages
•	http://software.opensuse.org/ site allows you to search for a package and offers a 1-click link to download and install packages
•	https://build.opensuse.org/ provides packaging services
•	http://susestudio.com/ is a build service for creating customized distributions and appliances.
•	Novell did not offer packages with restricted licensing, including multimedia codecs
•	Version 11.4 may include the option to add restricted codecs
•	OpenSUSE has an active mailing list. Community forums are available, but not as active as the mailing list.
•	World-wide project with broad language support

Gil demo’d Ubuntu
•	Curious about the 6-month release schedule compared to other distros
•	Walked through menus
•	Showed the default apps and some additional apps

amap - network mapping tool