Speaking of #brlug, am I the only person having problems with irc.osdn.com? I can't find anyone in any channels.
Regards, Dustin At 07:53 PM 7/19/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Y'all wanna meet in the #brlug chat room and bandy about some ideas? >Tonight? Tommorrow? > >Doug Riddle wrote: >>Hello All: >>First, IMHO, we need to remember that the focus here is Open Source, >>not strictly Linux. >>IMHO, we should not limit our offering to 5 CDs, but offer a fairly >>wide selection. We also need not place the entire selection in every >>Library. Librarians already have a system for ordering items from >>other branches which they do not have at their branch. I was >>thinking of a system whereby we keep a good offering fairly well >>updated at the central Library, and offer a basic list for the branch >>libraries. In that basic offering we could supply (for instance): >>1) Cross Platform Office Suite (to aim at their windows weak spot) >>2) Open Source firewalls and other widgets to protect PCs >>3) A Beginner distribution like Mandrake 8.2, or Lindows >>4) An intermediate distribution such as RedHat (no offence to the >>Redhat-philes) >>5) An advanced distribution such as Debian or FreeBSD >>6) A networking CD with Howtos and examples for SAMBA, CUPS and >>Linneighborhood perhaps. >>In the Main Library offering, keep a slightly larger set of >>distributions, or at least more recent distributions, more office >>suites, games, Squid, and other firewalls, email and browsers, more >>documentation, and a set of development tools. >>I really do not think we should let our own filters stop any >>interested users from experimenting. I do think we need to make >>clear from the outset what kind of local support they will find for >>the various and sundry OS's and applications. >>In short, I do not think we should leave Joe User out of the picture, >>but we are not likely to attract him unless he is actively looking to >>abandon MS for reasons of his own. The teenagers, the older folks, >>and the curious looking for help from the library are our customers. When >>I first heard about Linux and Open Source, I went down to the >>Library. This was way back in the 1980's. I got a big blank stare. >>After rambling enough, I was directed to LSU. I was a student at >>LSU. I had gone to the public library looking for something really >>OPEN. VAX and VMS were not open. There was nothing for Intel, and I >>gave up for a few years. I would like to remedy that. I think >>Highschool kids whose parents are buying a new PC might have designs >>on the old one. I think it would be perfect if they knew they could >>go down to the library and check out two or three Operating systems, >>complete with free software and play around. Or simply try some Open >>Source software on the old tired PC. >>Doug Riddle >>--- Mnemonic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>Hash: SHA1 >>> >>>I checked out http://rute.sourceforge.net. As I was looking around >>>I started to think about an individual with whom I work. He is not willing >>>to give Linux a try because he says he does not want to face another steep >>>learning curve. Considering this, I think that what has been suggested is >>>exactly what I want, but not necessarily what everyone wants. That is, >>>most people want to turn on their computers and have them function at such a >>>level that operation is intuitive. I do not think they want to spend an >>>inordinate amount of time learning how to use their expensive box of >>>metal and >>>plastic. >>> >>>Let's say that I am Joe General Public...if my computer is not >>>broken and I am able to do everything I need to do with it, why in the world >>>would I want to try something like an alternate operating system. What >>>the heck >>>is an operating system? How do I even find out that such an animal >>>exists? >>>Education/awareness is paramount to the success of this project. >>> >>>- -K >>> >>>On Friday 19 July 2002 14:15, you wrote: >>> >>>>I still think that it would be a huge disservice to the users to >>> >>>give >>> >>>>them a hacked, unsupported outside of BRLUG distribution of >>> >>>Linux. >>> >>>>Giving out a Debian or Red Hat or Mandrake would leave open their >>>>options for support. CDs are cheap. Trying to shoehorn a bunch of >>> >>>mixed >>> >>>>software wouldn't have any benefit, unless you abandon the idea >>> >>>of >>> >>>>creating a custom distribution and offer an "add-on" CD of >>> >>>software that >>> >>>>the distribution doesn't currently have, such as OpenOffice, >>> >>>nVidia >>> >>>>drivers (or scripts to obtain, build, and install them if >>> >>>licensing >>> >>>>doesn't permit), and books in electronic format. >>>> >>>>One other avenue to consider would be the possibility to have the >>> >>>Rute ( >>> >>>>http://rute.sf.net ) printed and donated to libraries. Having it >>> >>>done at >>> >>>>Kinkos might be prohibitively expensive, but does anyone have >>> >>>ties to >>> >>>>publishers or printing companies that can possibly get this done >>> >>>at a >>> >>>>reasonable rate? >>>> >>>>-Tim >>> >>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) >>>Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org >>> >>>iD8DBQE9OHlqUoGHsPHkAUoRAsS1AJ95u069d31+9GUxDJv9Rc/ra5MzOQCeNn4Z >>>ObvWDXxlrGcaDbmqARqdGlI= >>>=NSrU >>>-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>General mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Yahoo! 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