Are any of these fairs happening soon? Should we start burning now in order to have enough? Also, what distros should we burn? I have already decided that I will do FreeBSD CDs but don't know what Linux Distros are preffered to hand out. SuSE?? --Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > D. Cooper Stevenson > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 2:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:1625] RE: 2001, EUGLUG at the Magic Odyssey > > > Ed; > > Oh. I caught up in the middle of the thread so I was'nt sure. > > I am having the same type of thing happen with my efforts for > the Benton County fair. It seems that free CD's are scarce > these days but I continue to try. > > We will likely end up burning our own CD's for the event. If > you guys have any other suggestions I am all ears. > > > -Cooper > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 01:10:47PM -0700, Edward Craig wrote: > > 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 >
