Nah..I'm in now...
Dustin Puryear wrote:
> 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:
>>>
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>>>> 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
>>>>
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