On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 17:38 +1200, Rik Tindall wrote:
Our current poster draft looks like this -
www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd7 -
all input welcome.
Is it appropriate to link to that URL?
Vik :v)
On 18/07/07, Vik Olliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 17:38 +1200, Rik Tindall wrote:
Our current poster draft looks like this -
www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd7 -
all input welcome.
Is it appropriate to link to that URL?
What's wrong with it?
I don't see anything wrong with
On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 20:00 +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote:
Is it appropriate to link to that URL?
What's wrong with it?
I don't see anything wrong with infohelp's name being in the URL ...
Nor can I. However, it's a draft document and he might not want the
general public looking at it yet.
This looks like an event worth supporting.
I will be going to help out with installs and question answering etc.
This event is going to run all over the country so it will probably be
something to remember.
Regards,
Zane
Rik Tindall wrote:
Hi all,
Space is booked for CLUG to do its
No I haven't forgotten,
Just having trouble with time as usual.
Rik Tindall wrote:
Zane forgot to attach his endorsement of this event, on behalf of
NZOSS.org, so here 'tis:
We're keen to see some enhanced action around FOSS, so feel free to put
your boot into this heart-starter.
Hi
Hi, thanks for asking Vik. Ready for you now:
http://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd7
Vik Olliver wrote:
On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 20:00 +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote:
Is it appropriate to link to that URL?
What's wrong with it?
I don't see anything wrong with infohelp's name being in the URL ...
Nor can
On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 00:12 +1200, Rik Tindall wrote:
Hi, thanks for asking Vik. Ready for you now:
http://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd7
You're now mentioned on the NZOSS SFD page:
http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/oceania/nz/nzoss-org
Vik :v)
On 19/07/07, Rik Tindall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Very happy to put up an http://www.infohelp.co.nz/clug too, in the
interim, if required. Anything we can do for http://www.clug.net.nz Jim?
ETA? - Its absence is starting to bite. Thanks for running it.
What do you mean? It seems to be running
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:57:45 +1200
Jim Cheetham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 19/07/07, Rik Tindall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Very happy to put up an http://www.infohelp.co.nz/clug too, in the
interim, if required. Anything we can do for http://www.clug.net.nz Jim?
ETA? - Its absence is
Zane Gilmore wrote:
This looks like an event worth supporting.
I will be going to help out with installs and question answering etc.
Thankyou for your time support Zane. Want a T-shirt?
- see www.SoftwareFreedomDay.org
This event is going to run all over the country so it will probably be
Jim Cheetham wrote:
On 19/07/07, Rik Tindall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Very happy to put up an http://www.infohelp.co.nz/clug too, in the
interim, if required. Anything we can do for http://www.clug.net.nz Jim?
ETA? - Its absence is starting to bite. Thanks for running it.
What do you mean? It
Zane Gilmore wrote:
This event is going to run all over the country so it will probably
be something to remember.
Indeed. Ground-breaking stuff.
P.S. Just noticed Google has popped up in the sponsors list (!)
- Well done Pia!!
(watch this space..)
Want a T-shirt? - see
On 19/07/07, Rik Tindall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I hadn't been able to view clug.net.nz for approx two weeks, but that
Well, *grumble*. Perhaps someone would care to email me directly next
time they encounter a problem? :-) Because if you're getting a
consistent 'down' experience while I'm
Hi all,
Space is booked for CLUG to do its magic upon misc.Winboxen, Saturday 15
Sunday 16 September, afternoons; please mark diaries. The occasion
being www.SoftwareFreedomDay.org, with a liveCD demo room and an open
install space at our disposal. Demand is likely to be moderate.
If you'd
Zane forgot to attach his endorsement of this event, on behalf of
NZOSS.org, so here 'tis:
We're keen to see some enhanced action around FOSS, so feel free to put
your boot into this heart-starter.
Hi all,
Space is booked for CLUG to do its magic upon misc.Winboxen, Saturday
15 Sunday 16
@it.canterbury.ac.nz
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Installfest - maybe on Software Freedom Day
Nick Rout wrote:
I believe its time for another installfest. I know that installing linux
is getting easier, but there are still barriers, and the publicity that
ensues has always been
On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 13:06 +1200, Zane Gilmore wrote:
Although I may be able to talk the relevant people into hosting the
Installfest at the Varsity, I think we should also
explore any other possible venues.
Additional to this. I spoke to the Dictator[1] of KAOS[2] about the
possibility
There's a wireless AP we may be able to make use
of.
Is there going to be internet access too. Might need to download some
wireless drivers for people (eg. NDIS Wrapper) and maybe updates too? Maybe
someone could set up a wee proxy for the day (reduce bandwidth and increase
speed).
--cAm
and increase
speed).
As a general rule it is a prerequisite of an installfest venue that it
has internet access.
--
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Zane Gilmore: Analyst/Programmer
Cellphone: 0276 319 206
Telephone: +64-3 365 2336
Facsimile: +64-3 379 4886
Address
But two CLUG SFD installfests on at the same time?
I agree that two installfests is a bad idea if it splits and
dilutes the knowledge/resources required.
But... here are a few random reasons for a second one:
It might be OK if we're targetting different geographical
populations and possibly
A few thoughts towards the UoC Installfest proposal..
Good idea, with Jonathan's specifics, but as soon as is practical:
Avoid exam-time (Jul-Aug?); Nick will be here; SFD tees surplus free
CDs will be there, but with no overt organisational role/requirements -
CLUG organised; avoid SFD task
Perhaps get hold of the student coordinator of the
IEEE too?
//TODO
FYI, got a business card for John Spencer at UCSA:
John Spencer
Night Manager
W: 364 3652 ext 3905
F: 364 2670
M: 027 246 9725
E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The secretary said he's the GOTO man for this sort of thing. (My C64
days
On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 13:06 +1200, Zane Gilmore wrote:
It may be still at the Uni' but the Shelley Common Room of the UCSA is
one venue that always struck me as a great possible venue.
It is not , however, owned by the University,
To get it for as close to no-cost as possible we will need
Nick Rout wrote:
* If you feel I deserve to help (having mooted the idea) it'll have be in
another month.
Change your holiday to France dates to October and see the Rugby World
Cup too.
On Monday 07 May 2007 21:33:04 Nick Rout wrote:
On Sat, May 5, 2007 10:24 pm, Nick Rout wrote:
I believe its time for another installfest. I know that installing
linux is getting easier, but there are still barriers, and the
publicity that ensues has always been good for the community
On Mon, May 7, 2007 9:54 pm, Robert Fisher wrote:
Nick Rout wrote:
* If you feel I deserve to help (having mooted the idea) it'll have be
in
another month.
Change your holiday to France dates to October and see the Rugby World
Cup too.
Look carefully at the crowd during the All
Nick Rout wrote:
I believe its time for another installfest. I know that installing linux
is getting easier, but there are still barriers, and the publicity that
ensues has always been good for the community, and for fresh blood into
CLUG.
It would be good to tie into Software Freedom Day
On 06/05/07, Nick Rout wrote:
The common distros install quicker now too and PC's are generally faster
than
when we last ran an Installfest so we should be able to help more punters
in
a shorter time.
And/or give some basic tuition instead of saying there you go its
installed, I have
On Sun, May 6, 2007 7:26 pm, yuri wrote:
On 06/05/07, Nick Rout wrote:
The common distros install quicker now too and PC's are generally
faster
than
when we last ran an Installfest so we should be able to help more
punters
in
a shorter time.
And/or give some basic tuition instead
Nick Rout wrote:
I believe its time for another installfest. I know that installing linux
is getting easier, but there are still barriers, and the publicity that
ensues has always been good for the community, and for fresh blood into
CLUG.
The main barrier is the easiest to overcome... fear
snip
To get it for as close to no-cost as possible we will need
some current students to make the application from a
registered club (in this case maqybe the local chapter of
the ACM?) as it is owned by the Student's Association. (I
know we have at least one on the list)
I'm a member of
I believe its time for another installfest. I know that installing linux
is getting easier, but there are still barriers, and the publicity that
ensues has always been good for the community, and for fresh blood into
CLUG.
It would be good to tie into Software Freedom Day, which is on 15
On Saturday 05 May 2007 10:24 pm, Nick Rout wrote:
I believe its time for another installfest.
So, thoughts anyone?
I think it is a good idea.
The common distros install quicker now too and PC's are generally faster than
when we last ran an Installfest so we should be able to help more
On Sun, May 6, 2007 9:06 am, Robert Fisher wrote:
On Saturday 05 May 2007 10:24 pm, Nick Rout wrote:
I believe its time for another installfest.
So, thoughts anyone?
I think it is a good idea.
The common distros install quicker now too and PC's are generally faster
than
when we last ran
have wireless.
As agreed at the start of the year, a CLUG Installfest will be held in
conjunction with Software Freedom Day
http://www.softwarefreedomday.org on Saturday 16th September. The
CLUG St Albans venue has been booked for that day, 12-5pm, and so
begin our preparations.
There are eight
On 02/04/06, Robert Fisher wrote:
And we had 100% success.
Not so fast, Robert!
I haven't had time to check that everything's working yet.
I will post the Good, the Bad and the Ugly when I've had time to check
it all out.
Yuri
On Sunday 02 April 2006 8:00 pm, yuri wrote:
On 02/04/06, Robert Fisher wrote:
And we had 100% success.
Not so fast, Robert!
I haven't had time to check that everything's working yet.
I will post the Good, the Bad and the Ugly when I've had time to check
it all out.
I considered
On 02/04/06, Robert Fisher wrote:
A few tweaks here and there are always expected.
You may have trouble with your network connection though. You left your
Ethernet cable here.
Keep it, it's a spare. Also, it's solid core, not stranded, so it will
probably stop working when it gets bent too
On Monday 13 March 2006 10:01 pm, Robert Fisher wrote:
Chris Sawtell, Nick Rout and I are about to host the third In Robert's
Garage Gentoo Mini-Installfest.
The date is April 1st - no this is not a joke.
And we had 100% success.
For those coming to my place on Saturday, here are the directions:-
(Only very recent maps have our street on them.)
Turn off Mairehau Road onto Inwoods Road.
Go straight through the roundabout then turn right onto Bottle Lake Drive.
Turn left off Bottle Lake Drive onto Belgrove Place.
We are
OK we now have four definites (Ross D, Adrian M, Bruce's son, Simon K)
and a maybe (Yuri deG).
Attached is a largely empty pdfexport of a spreadsheet with the kind of
info we need. Please let me have the missing details asap. If I don't
have the details, then the likely consequence is that the
Hi guys,
Sorry to disappoint, I just received news today from one of my clients
that will make my presence impossible to this event, with all my
regrets.
I'll talk to you later on today at the meeting.
Adrian
On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 21:31 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
OK we now have four definites
Yuri deG
Still a maybe, but will be sure by Thursday.
Laptop:
P4, 2Ghz, 256MB Ram, 20GB IDE HD, currently running Mandrake 10.0
Gentoo install will be a complete replacement, entire HD available.
10/100 built-in NIC and built-in sound currently recognised by
Mandrake 10.0 and knoppix, so Gentoo
sorry bout this,but my son cant get there on saturday:((
thx anyway
bruce
So, are there any more takers?
Yes I would like to attend also, the computer I have is a new IBM 206m 8485
P4 server with SATA drives. I have already tried booting it with the Gentoo
2006.0 live CD and it detects all of the hardware O.K. and boots to the
desktop. So I tried the Gentoo Linux
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Sunday 26 March 2006 17:55, bruce wrote:
My son is using Kubuntu at the moment, but gentoo is better,
Yes, While we think Gentoo is better, it does have a few disadvantages for
some people.
so will come with his laptop
For what purpose does
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 7:44 am, bruce wrote:
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Sunday 26 March 2006 17:55, bruce wrote:
My son is using Kubuntu at the moment, but gentoo is better,
Yes, While we think Gentoo is better, it does have a few disadvantages for
some people.
so will come with his
On Monday 27 March 2006 07:51, Robert Fisher wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 7:44 am, bruce wrote:
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Sunday 26 March 2006 17:55, bruce wrote:
My son is using Kubuntu at the moment, but gentoo is better,
Yes, While we think Gentoo is better, it does have a few
Nick Rout wrote:
you know i was wondering if you would be there again :-)
it's worthwhile just for the erudite company, banter skills, i reckon
can we just update the install you already have (ducks for cover).
not unless there's some disk recovery tech that can read beneath the old
On Monday 27 March 2006 11:58, Rik Tindall wrote:
Nick Rout wrote:
you know i was wondering if you would be there again :-)
it's worthwhile just for the erudite company, banter skills, i reckon
can we just update the install you already have (ducks for cover).
not unless there's some disk
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
I can't help but wonder, seeing as you have not been able to persevere with
a Gentoo installation on your own, whether Gentoo is suitable for you?
to me, the community attached is the main attraction
However the installation manual has been extensively revised
Robert Nick are sitting at Robert's place and chewing the fat. There is only
one or two definite takers for this mini installfest NEXT WEEKEND. There are
also two maybes. Frankly we are wondering if it is worthwhile. Both of us and
Chris S are more than willing to help people in their own
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:11, Robert Fisher wrote:
The definites were Adrian and Rik, the maybes were Yuri and Ross.
I will now definitely be there.
Cheers Ross Drummond
My son is using Kubuntu at the moment,but gentoo is better,so will come
with his laptop ?ok?
bruce kelly
Robert Fisher wrote:
Robert Nick are sitting at Robert's place and chewing the fat. There is only
one or two definite takers for this mini installfest NEXT WEEKEND. There are
also two
On Sunday 26 March 2006 17:55, bruce wrote:
My son is using Kubuntu at the moment, but gentoo is better,
Yes, While we think Gentoo is better, it does have a few disadvantages for
some people.
so will come with his laptop
For what purpose does your son want to use Gentoo Linux?
?ok?
Nick Rout wrote:
On 3/13/06, *Robert Fisher* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris Sawtell, Nick Rout and I are about to host the third In
Robert's
Garage Gentoo Mini-Installfest.
The date is April 1st - no this is not a joke.
snip
can we have some
Sawtell, Nick Rout and I are about to host the third In
Robert's
Garage Gentoo Mini-Installfest.
The date is April 1st - no this is not a joke.
snip
can we have some feedback on who might be attending this?
KDE 3.5 looks interesting. Count me in please - I'll
Thanks Nick.
I guess there will be opportunity from time to time to mail the list, so
yes, I will keep in touch. I expect that I will be pretty busy for a
while getting established, just as I have been frantically busy getting
ready to leave. Have now sold up most of our household items,
On 3/13/06, Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris Sawtell, Nick Rout and I are about to host the third In Robert'sGarage Gentoo Mini-Installfest.The date is April 1st - no this is not a joke.As always, if you plan to attend you need to do some reading so that you know
what you are in for
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:34, Nick Rout wrote:
can we have some feedback on who might be attending this?
Put me down as a probable, subject to confirmation.
Cheers Ross Drummond
On 19/03/06, Nick Rout wrote:
can we have some feedback on who might be attending this?
I would love to be there - I've been meaning to chuck Gentoo on the
laptop for ages.
However, last few times I said I would be there stuff came up, so I'm
not going to jinx it this time by committing myself.
Garage Gentoo Mini-Installfest.
The date is April 1st - no this is not a joke.
As always, if you plan to attend you need to do some reading
so that you know
what you are in for and feel familiar with the instructions
which can
Ross Drummond wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:34, Nick Rout wrote:
can we have some feedback on who might be attending this?
Put me down as a probable, subject to confirmation.
Cheers Ross Drummond
I would love to, but we leave for Brisbane that day, we are relocating
there, not
Well farewell and adieu, but please don't refrain from posting just because you are physically alienated :)On 3/19/06, sirlancelot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Ross Drummond wrote:On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:34, Nick Rout wrote:
can we have some feedback on who might be attending this?Put me down as a
Chris Sawtell, Nick Rout and I are about to host the third In Robert's
Garage Gentoo Mini-Installfest.
The date is April 1st - no this is not a joke.
As always, if you plan to attend you need to do some reading so that you know
what you are in for and feel familiar with the instructions which
Nick Rout wrote:
'It just works' outweighs environmental sense, thus far.
not just in the computing world i'm afraid! counted the fendalton
tractors that have never seen an unsealed road lately?
Environmental sense..
GNU/Linux: because sanity is deficient in so much more than computer
a 'corporate liaison' role to sound
out interested parties.
Depending on where our venue needs settle, adding an Installfest
function/room shouldn't be too difficult. High demand could be spilt
over to the monthly meetings, as backup capacity.
It could as much be about offering a raft of reasons
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:30:28 +1300
Rik Tindall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(theres a whole lot of snipping gone on below)
If we cannot rely on a lawyer to promote the difference between legality
and illegality, then g*d help us! ;-)
Rik, I am quite happy to promote the moral and legal
On Saturday 11 February 2006 22:11, Nick Rout wrote:
It could as much be about offering a raft of reasons, starting with
WOW followed by security and availability of good apps and following
up with the cost, ease and ethics.
I agree with that. The problem is that one of the main advantages
On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 12:13 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
he problem is that one of the main advantages which
Linux offers is a negative, i.e. I doesn't catch all the Windows
viruses,
worms and trojans . See:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4696532.stm
Horrific isn't it? The
On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 12:48 +1300, Vik Olliver wrote:
Joanna Sixpack just isn't interested in Linux until she can get her
favourite games on it. Do not concern yourself with her. This is a games
market issue.
Actually, you'd be really surprised how close Linux is to being able to
entertain
On Sunday 12 February 2006 13:07, Glynn Foster wrote:
On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 12:48 +1300, Vik Olliver wrote:
Joanna Sixpack just isn't interested in Linux until she can get her
favourite games on it. Do not concern yourself with her. This is a games
market issue.
Actually, you'd be really
On Sunday 12 February 2006 17:58, Chris wrote:
On Sunday 12 February 2006 13:07, Glynn Foster wrote:
On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 12:48 +1300, Vik Olliver wrote:
Joanna Sixpack just isn't interested in Linux until she can get her
favourite games on it. Do not concern yourself with her. This is a
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:19, stringer wrote:
My .02c worth - most businessmen have never heard of linux.
What they need to see is a box running typical business apps - say
Open/Star Office for the lawyers, accountants, managers etc
Present and correct. Not forgetting KOffice, not forgetting
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:11, you wrote:
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:19, stringer wrote:
My .02c worth - most businessmen have never heard of linux.
What they need to see is a box running typical business apps - say
Open/Star Office for the lawyers, accountants, managers etc
And Skype and Gizmo
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:32:58 +1300
Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday 10 February 2006 16:39, Nick Rout wrote:
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:17:23 +1300
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Friday 10 February 2006 15:40, Nick Rout wrote:
Back On topic, what is an application
On Friday 10 February 2006 21:11, Wesley Parish wrote:
A simple accounting package to take care of the cashbooks and accounts
rendered
More than a few -
Um, Well! See my comments below.
Quasar,
Far, far to complex and comprehensive. Documentation is totally
disorganised Gobble-de-gook.
On Friday 10 February 2006 22:20, Nick Rout wrote:
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:32:58 +1300
Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday 10 February 2006 16:39, Nick Rout wrote:
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:17:23 +1300
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Friday 10 February 2006 15:40,
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:20 pm, Nick Rout wrote:
Maybe I am just being cynical.
No Nick, it would be naive to disagree with any of your points (IMHO).
--
Regards, Robert
--
Robert Fisher
(aka - Rob, Bob, Robbie, Robbo, Fish)
FishNet
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:08 am, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
There is still a need for an FLOSS accounting system set up for NZ to
compare to MYOB. It's very much more difficult to do this than meets the
eye. If it was simple somebody would have done it years ago.
Agreed. When I set up my new
Make every day InstallFest SFD, through establishment of a drop-in
workshop facility downtown that is sponsorship, recycling training
driven. This would build on Dave's OSTC model by adding more public
access to an internet-enabled workstation suite, and donated materials
for learners
If we cannot rely on a lawyer to promote the difference between legality
and illegality, then g*d help us! ;-)
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Friday 10 February 2006 22:20, Nick Rout wrote:
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:32:58 +1300
Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday 10
an installfest come fixup come demo.
but what we really need is education of the masses, so lets put demo
at the front of that. Make it a kind of expo.
The advertising might run like:
Why should you use linux on your home computer?
Why should you use linux in your business?
Come and see and try
On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 13:46, Nick Rout wrote:
Maybe something along the lines of an installfest with the opportunity for
people to bring their computers for fix ups combined with some sort of
demonstration area.
Agreed.
I'm in. Let me know a date.
Rik was talking to me about sponsor ship
What about some 'kewl' applications as well?
For business I'm happy to show a mambo set up and how easy it is to edit your
own web site...
What about a tv set up with pda remote controls... I see some of you have been
talking about this on list recently and it's something that I've yet to see
On Fri, February 10, 2006 1:15 pm, Don Gould wrote:
On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 13:46, Nick Rout wrote:
Maybe something along the lines of an installfest with the opportunity
for people to bring their computers for fix ups combined with some sort
of demonstration area.
Agreed.
I'm in. Let me
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:20:21 +1300
Don Gould wrote:
What about some 'kewl' applications as well?
For business I'm happy to show a mambo set up and how easy it is to edit your
own web site...
What about a tv set up with pda remote controls... I see some of you have
been talking about
On Friday 10 February 2006 13:20, Don Gould wrote:
Is there anything else that people can think of that's really kewl that
nix can do?
I recon that the tiny bootable CD which played any media file was in that
category. It was mentioned on the list recently, but I can't remember
either its name
On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 15:22, Nick Rout wrote:
... or whether the aim was simply to show that
linux could do kewl things just like windows can.
Just things that Linux can do that are kewl... not even that some other
os can do them as well.
We seem to be focusing on 'install linux'... but we
On Friday 10 February 2006 15:22, Nick Rout wrote:
Andrew Errington wrote:
Another thing on my list is an active picture frame - basically an old
laptop in a picture frame, showing photos pulled from the (Linux) home
server.
I think you can buy them, not sure of the price differential
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:14:54 +1300
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Friday 10 February 2006 13:20, Don Gould wrote:
Is there anything else that people can think of that's really kewl that
nix can do?
I recon that the tiny bootable CD which played any media file was in that
category. It was
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:37:58 +1300
Hadley Rich wrote:
On Friday 10 February 2006 15:22, Nick Rout wrote:
Andrew Errington wrote:
Another thing on my list is an active picture frame - basically an old
laptop in a picture frame, showing photos pulled from the (Linux) home
server.
I
On Friday 10 February 2006 15:43, Nick Rout wrote:
Far too expensive! You can buy a whole portable DVD with a screen about
that size for $350 odd.
Indeed.
I thought it
would be a cool project too, using a gumstix or something.
does gumstix have any sort of video out?
Heh, no. I must have
My .02c worth - most businessmen have never heard of linux.
What they need to see is a box running typical business apps - say
Open/Star Office for the lawyers, accountants, managers etc
And a fax driver so that those reports can be faxed out
And a simple database to maintain client lists
Nick, I rather liked the Wallace Grommit DVD you played at one instalfest
- I'm sure that'd wow a few people - simple but eyecatching. Nothing fancy,
but shows the punters that Linux can do the things they take for granted
with windows. Without having to be a guru, either!!
At 15:40
On Friday 10 February 2006 15:40, Nick Rout wrote:
Back On topic, what is an application that has a real WOW factor on a
demo day? I am not sure that it is enough to say Look at linux, it will
do the same things as your windows machine - people want a reason to go
through the (greater or
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:17:23 +1300
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Friday 10 February 2006 15:40, Nick Rout wrote:
Back On topic, what is an application that has a real WOW factor on a
demo day? I am not sure that it is enough to say Look at linux, it will
do the same things as your windows
On Friday 10 February 2006 16:39, Nick Rout wrote:
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:17:23 +1300
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Friday 10 February 2006 15:40, Nick Rout wrote:
Back On topic, what is an application that has a real WOW factor on
a demo day? I am not sure that it is enough to say Look
Don't you mean, the windows hoon user? MS Windows XP Hoon... ;)
Wesley Parish
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:39, Nick Rout wrote:
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:17:23 +1300
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Friday 10 February 2006 15:40, Nick Rout wrote:
Back On topic, what is an application that has a
My 0.02c worth; no.
My reasoning is that Linux with modern distributions is becoming easier to
install.
A reasonably cometent computer user should be able to install one of the
modern distributions without hand holding I understand that Ubuntu is
specifically designed to give someone new to
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