Re: [Gnumed-devel] Which Distribution - Living in the real word

[Gerardo Arnaez]

--- richard terry <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> Reality: As much as Debian is loved by the purists
> the reality is that most 
> doc's use windows, and those venturing into Linux
> pick an easy  to install 
> distribution like Mandrake or Redhat.
> 

true. However. I dont think most doctors are going to
install anything.  I think this is mostly the IT
departments and they would be mostly responsible for
putting in this software. Any Doctor who happens to
even know about linux at this point at time seems not
to be average doctor, and could pretty much install an
distribution. ...   Another way of what I am trying to
say is that ease of installation is not really going
to sway what most Doctors are going to use. The IT
department will decide.

Anyway, I think there was a point in reply to your
valid point.

G

> Regards
> n Sunday 28 July 2002 11:22 pm, you wrote:
> > On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> > > Sure, Debian can be there but I certainly don't
> see the point
> > > of focussing on it exclusively especially since
> at the moment
> > > it is one of the least likely distributions to
> already reside
> > > on a random doctor's desk machine (which doesn't
> mean it
> > > wouldn't work for that task).
> >
> > true.
> >
> > I think that perhaps the project should focus on
> one linux distribution
> > for now. And I think it should be debian given
> that if we develop on
> > stable (woody) we will all at least be agreed on
> what dependencies
> > thereare and and exactl that packages are needed.
> >
> > I've sent a note to Ian haywood to speak with me
> and give me a detailed
> > list of that packages, apps are needed to get
> gnumed running from a clean
> > desktop, and am awaiting his answer so I can write
> a more detailed How-to.
> >
> > As for various distribution support, I think
> windows would have to be the
> > defacto standard to support for now, to at least
> let people see what the
> > software is like, and then make the switch over to
> linux if they like it.
> >
> > I would like to hear from the others because I
> have not heard this
> > discussed on the list.
> >
> > The other reason I think that one would want
> debian is that, we could
> > include the whole installation on a disk, perhaps
> even stream line that,
> > and once XFree, a reasonable WM, and Network card
> are working, all a
> > doctor would need to do would be to type 'apt-get
> install debian-med'
> >
> > anyway, thanks for reading.
> >
> >
> > G
> >
> > > Karsten
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