While a chat room has the advantage of rapidity, it doesn't have any longivity. I would think that we are better served in the near term using the PLLUG mailing list. IN that forum we have an archive, and can include people that may not be able to meet the schedule of a chat forum. In any event, the email list allows us to collect a record of the founding members. You can find the pllug addres sin the cc of this email.
Doug Riddle --- cmb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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