Nope, this started as a report of EUGLUG at the Oregon Country
Fair in 2001 (since [SNIPPED]), which kicked off a discussion of how we
might do better next year to burn our own CD's to distribute, rather than
rely on a revival of dot com generosity by remaining distributions.
As for County (or the State) Fairs, nobody'd brought that up yet.
On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, D. Cooper Stevenson wrote:
> Are you talking about the Benton County Fair?
>
>
> -Cooper
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:45:47AM -0700, Tim Howe wrote:
> > What Fair?
> >
> > You are, of course, correct. Ease of use is important. See how much nicer
> > I am after a cup of coffee? Just wait till I get beer in me...
> >
> > So, is there gonna be a meeting someplace? Or should I keep hanging onto
> > this IRC channel?
> >
> > --Tim
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > > Edward Craig
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:37 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [EUG-LUG:1617] RE: 2001, EUGLUG at the Magic Odyssey
> > >
> > >
> > > It occurs to me that the audience we're looking at is just those
> > > "lazy" Windows (and Apple) users. Not every computer user is
> > > dedicated to
> > > learning to program or even really even administer a system.
> > > Theo's no-compromise version may be just the thing to
> > > totally turn
> > > off such a user to Open Source. No matter how desirable
> > > increased security
> > > for casual users might be, it won't fly if the users won't do it.
> > > While OpenBSD might be the ideal, maybe FreeBSD or
> > > NetBSD is more
> > > what we need for the Fair.
> > > The same might be said for Slackware or Debian, of course, which
> > > is why I rather prefer Progeny or Mandrake for this purpose.
> > > That said, I see no reason to exclude more challenging
> > > distributions from the mix, with perhaps a note that whoever
> > > provides the
> > > challenging version is available for support (with, or
> > > perhaps without,
> > > suitable renumeration).
> > >
> > > On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Tim Howe wrote:
> > >
> > > > I should probably be clear... I am not a Linux user at
> > > all. If I was
> > > > going to use a Distro, it would be Slackware or Debian. I am a BSD
> > > > user (among other things) and I have no love for Red Hat,
> > > Mandrake, or
> > > > any other Distribution that attempts to dumb down the OS so that a
> > > > lazy Windows user can use it.
> > > >
> > > > </rant>
> > >
> > > [SNIP]
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ed Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Taxi (I need an income) GNU/Linux (I
> > > can afford a Free OS)
> > > Think this through with me, let me know your mind... Hunter/Garcia
> > >
> >
>
--
Ed Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Taxi (I need an income) GNU/Linux (I can afford a Free OS)
Think this through with me, let me know your mind... Hunter/Garcia
