On 02/11/02 17:57 +0530, Soumyadip Modak poked the keyboard with a stick and composed: > Well, we had a lot of discussions on participating in compass, and it > seems that we are after all going to participate. That's good, very good > ! > > I hope that if i add my two cents to the discussion, none of the > confirmed volunteers will object. > > In my other mail, i've included a link to a windoze lookalike desktop. I > know purists will try to strangle me, :) i wish to point out however, > that we shouldn't try to make a presentation, to an essentially > technophobe ( at least CLI phobe) audience, without including all > possible weapons in our armoury.
No question of flaming here - GNU/Linux and the Free Software/OSS movement is all about Freedom of choice, and if you like the Windows interface, you are free to stick with that, provided that you get a Free/OS alternative :) Infact, I am downloading this thing to see if it has any bangla support ;) ...of course, I prefer GNOME2, but that's another matter ;) > > If i remember correctly, mr.sharma had promised to provide two tablet > pcs, for demonstration purposes. If the pcs have stylus input then there > is a possibility of a fancy demo. We could load Gimp on the machine, and > an 'artist penguin', somebody good in drawing/ painting, could pick up a > member of the audience, make a quick portrait of him, and print it out > on a paper, with the caption, "Linux, it works". We can substitute paper > with T-shirts, only if we get sponsors. > > One more thing, i would like to attend some sort of workshop on things > like compiling kernels, programs from source code, and things like that, > organised by the senior members of the LUG. My experience of these areas > is patchy, and if somebody comes up and asks me "How to compile the > kernel?" at compass, it would not do the lug any good in terms of > credibility, if i as a member/volunteer , is found incapable of > answering such questions. :) Good point. Infact, a point I raised at the last meet was that the volunteers who would be in COMPASS must be "properly educated". For example, if I am manning the stall, and if someone asks me "I have blah blah problem with Bind, how do I fix that?" I will be totally stumped. I propose that we have a set of workshops sometime in December - and I am ready to give some demoes, presentations, etc regarding very elementary level kernel compilation, and software compilation, X configuration, 3rd party kernel module loading, etc. Also, regarding meetings, I have a small suggestion For the past few meets, I have noticed that there has been NO technical sessions in the meets. Unless we have troubleshooting sessions, technical sessions, etc, meeting attendence will continue to fall. My suggestion is that in the next meets, we should have at least one technical session, and since most of the users in this list are home users, let's concentrate on the home users front. things like playing VCDs, DVDs, viewing Flash enabled sites, etc are still a pain in the *** for GNU/Linux users, and let's try to address that :D -cheerio- sdg : ####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]####################### Sub : Password in .fetchmailrc file LOST #325 Worried that someone may look at your POP3 password for your mailbox in your .fetchmailrc file ? DON'T enter it at all. If the password is omitted, or there is error in password authentication fetchmail gives a prompt to re-enter password. ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>####################################### : -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
