Thank you to everyone who volunteered. I'll contact each of your offlist to discuss the specifics. Sounds like there will be a number of people with AstLinux experience at the conference.
If we can share the booth duty, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Darrick On 10/07/2010 09:20 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I'll be there on the Wednesday (can do stand duty if required) but my > buddy Ed Guy will be there all week and I could ask him to schlep some > stuff down there. > > As you all know, I like to experiment with AstLinux on different > hardware platforms. I'd be happy to supply my DecTOP, a 5501 and > whatever other crap I have kicking around here. > > Let me know. > > Mark > > On 10/07/2010 07:08 AM, d...@ryson.org wrote: >> Darrick and All, >> >> I'm local to the area and, although my AstLinux expertise is limited to >> that of a user, I would be glad to assist in whatever capacity is >> required. A few thoughts come to mind: >> >> * Logistics: If you're bringing "stuff," and prefer not to carry it >> as baggage (and try to explain techno hardware to TSA security), >> you can ship to my office and I'll drive it to the convention >> center. I might even ship it back to you! >> * Booth Duty: I'm not sure how many folks will be attending and >> carrying the AstLinux flag. If only a few, and you wish to attend >> (or participate in) some sessions, I'll be glad to shake hands, >> kiss babies, and tend to the booth from time to time. Again, I >> can't speak to the specific, interal workings of AstLinux, but I >> can field user questions and serve as a character witness for this >> fine effort. >> * Tour guide: DC is an amazing place. During some down-time, I can >> show you the sights. A quick driving tour in an old Mazda won't >> make Fordor's list of top activites, but it might be fun. And you >> can bring home snapshots of memorials without needing to dedicate >> an entire day to sightseeing. >> * Behemoth server: If you like Tom's idea (below) I might be able to >> help with some of the hardware. It's not rack-mounted, but do have >> an old Dell behemoth. It must weigh a quarter-ton and (amazingly) >> works quite well after many years of hard service. The only >> problem: I'm not sure it'll run AstLinux on it's SCSI RAID array - >> and I'd rather not format what's there. And, of course, you won't >> have to pay to ship it. >> >> >> If any of this fits your view of what might be done at Astricon, or you >> have other suggestions, please drop me a line off-list. >> >> Dan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Tom Chadwin"<nnpait.servi...@googlemail.com> >> Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2010 4:51am >> To: "'AstLinux Users Mailing List'"<astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Astricon Table >> >> Show some examples of the hardware it can run on, if any can be borrowed, >> begged, or stolen. Low-power, long-life are the two selling points of >> Astlinux to me (and the organization for which I work), so put a Via board >> next to some behemoth rack-mounted server, and make sure whoever is on the >> stand knows the power consumption of the two units, together with some stats >> about HDD lifetime compared to CF. >> >> Just my tuppence - wish I could be there to help out. >> >> Tom >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Darrick Hartman [mailto:dhart...@djhsolutions.com] >> > Sent: 07 October 2010 06:13 >> > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List >> > Subject: [Astlinux-users] Astricon Table >> > >> > Astricon is coming up at the end of the month. Digium was >> > kind enough to offer us a free table in their Open Source >> > area of the expo. >> > >> > I'm looking for suggestions of what we can show or have >> > available at the table for expo attendees. I'm planning to >> > have live CD's with the Generic i586 image. Probably will >> > have a laptop showing the available web interface, perhaps >> > showing how easy it is to upgrade from one version to the next. >> > >> > Any other suggestions on how we can show off the project? >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
