<my veiw>I think the Linux lab is sort of a test case for EFN to see if they can get out from under the oppressive yoke of Microsoft. They are a non-proffit organization and as such need every penny they have. They are also a free speech oganization I suppose; they help bridge the 'digital devide'. Free software and free community networks go hand in hand. Besides, free *nixes rock!</my view> I just hope we can overcome the lack of planning and political influences to get the job done in a decent amount of time. Mad props to Larry for braving the storm. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Dennis J. Eberl > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 11:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2465] Re: Thursdays meeting... > > > That was a nicely informative, useful reply. > > I have no wish to be hit by the drunken bus of progress, but > aren't your > plans at EFN a little ambitious if what you are doing is > trying to attract > joe public to free *nix as an alternative to Windows? I mean > who, who is not > already a member of EUGLUG, is going to even understand > 1/10th of what you > are going to show them? The world is full of nervous technophobes. > > Hey, now, I am not throwing water on anyone's fire. The more > the merrier. > Don't burn the place down, baby, down! > > Are you going to deploy a Spanish language box? > > Also, might not the meeting after this Thursday be a better > time to get > together regarding the wireless modems? They aren't going > anywhere, and you > sound very busy. I don't have any time to stand around in a > crowd this week. > I'd rather sit down with you over a cup of coffee and show > you what you have > to do to make them work. I'd really rather not have to try to get to a > Thursday evening meeting giving my change over today to a 6 AM to 4 PM > workday. > > Dennis > > > > From: larry a price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:02:30 -0700 (PDT) > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2460] Re: Thursdays meeting... > > > > On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Kent Loobey wrote: > > > >> Where is the Thursday night meeting going to be held? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Kent > >> > > > > There's two of them, at the present time. > > > > One meeting at efn, is focused on doing the necessary prep > for having a > > classroom full of linux based public access terminals. so > far we've got it > > to the point where we are putting out a mandrake/kde and a > slackware/gnome > > box in the classroom, tomorrow night we have plans to > install OpenBSD on > > one box and debian on another, in addition we'll be futzing > around with > > tomsrtbt as a possible host for clustering and maybe a few > other things > > that people will be bringing in. One other thing we might > think about > > doing is running snort and analyzing network activity and > working with > > patrick to beef up the classroom and office networks. > > EFN is located at 448 charnelton 1 blk off 5th, next to the jail. > > > > mro's 'Rebel Lug' meeting is at mro's in springfield and > he'll probably > > post his info to the list. It sounds like it's pretty > hopping and i know > > that it's the place for video hardware troubleshooting and > fast network > > connections. > > > > >
