Justin;
Great! Grab a Debian ISO and go to town! We'll take care of the rest!
-Cooper
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 01:52:15PM -0700, Justin Bengtson wrote:
> i'd be willing to contribute time burning Debian or Progeny cd's.
> unfortunately, my prefered labeling method is a Sharpie, so if you guys want
> anything fancy, it's in your ballpark.
>
> my burner is a little slow, but it can still crank out about 2 an hour
> (roughly 14 to 20 per worknight, more on the weekends...)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Howe [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 1:43 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [EUG-LUG:1627] RE: 2001, EUGLUG at the Magic Odyssey
> >
> > 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
> > >
>
