Ok, I am not on that list of contributors, but here goes anyway.
(Basically I have got exams for the coming 2 weeks and have recently
gone through very busy or sick Sundays (and had manged to injure my
left leg as an extra, which is fine by now) or else I would have been
at all those meetings. Btw, Sundays of these months usually have some
competition or the other. It would be nice if at least a few meetings
could be on weekdays. You cant really bunk a hostel event can you?)
Anshul
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:35:41 +0530, peekay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ok .. here goes the start of a 'white paper' .. feel free to add .. and once
> all the ideas are in one post, maybe we can hammer out an elephant out of
> the five different perceptions of the wise indian ;-)
>
> try not to comment on other persons view .. leave it to saugat to finalise
> vis a vis the opportunity (compass200X, BF200X,)
>
> if parameter is to be increase .. do that please .. add new items in a
> structured way ..
>
> (A) H/W :
>
> 1. Number
> pks - 10 (6 laptops 4 desktops)
> saugata -
> soumyadip -
> manas -
> arin -
> prosun pradhan -
> indra -
ask- 8 to 9
>
> 2. Specs :
> pks - p4/2.4ghz/80mbHdd/256MbRam/Dvd/Fdd/Usb (avoid mentioning the std
> mouse/kybd/multimedia/lan/modem
ask- 5+ PCs with 256mbRam/cd-rw/any p4or athlon xp and at least 10gb
hdd. 3+ PCs with at least 512mb ram/pentium 2.4/may or may not have
hard disks but should have good fast cd roms (for live cds :D)/ any p4
or athlonh xp. Laptops are cool but not necessary.
>
>
> 00. Others :
> pks - video projector, screen,
ask- how about a speaker system and a network hub? +pks
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> (B) SPACE :
>
> 1. Stalls -
> pks - contiguous 3 or more stalls of 3m long 2m deep
ask- 3
>
> 2. Talk Area -
> pks - mini hall 20 seater, big hall 100 seater, auditorium 500 seater (rms
> kind of speaker .. high hopes ! ;-D )
ask - same as pks
>
> 3. Poster Display -
> pks - ONE large poster and ONE ilug-cal details .. maybe a list of topics
> covered by ilug-cal discussions
ask-ilug-cal banner, please!
Posters attacking specific linux myths. Maybe our pcs can be themed
that way. Each pc demonstrating a different distro and attacking a
particular Linux myth.
>
> 00. Other -
ask- uh, a few song and movie cds... Surprisingly the multimedia myth
is still not dead.
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> (C) VOLUNTEERS :
>
> 1. Full time -
> pks - at least two always present (maybe rotating basis)
ask- 2! This also means that we should certainly avoid more than 3 stalls.
>
> 2. Part time-
> pks - 6 more to handle crowds
ask - pks
>
> 00. Other -
> pks - suggesters, organisers, critics, commentators, geniuses,
ask- maybe some people can contribute testimonials and stuff as to
what distros they like and what Linux has done for them?
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> (D) TARGET :
>
> 1. Hi-fi -
> pks - network admins, bpo's,
ask- dunno!
>
> 2. Power Users -
> pks - pro's for specific fields (not defining .. depends of flavour of EXPO)
ask- don't such people already use linux? :P The wannabes I think are
busy running antiviruses a spybot and an adaware, installing service
packs and ms anti-spyware! :D Lets tell them that they might have no
more viruses or spyware for at least a few more years! Oh and
remember to find a kazza replacement for them.. Limewire, maybe?
>
> 3. Students -
> pks - a burgeoning population .. developer kind .. also university, college,
> school
ask- aha! Must tell them threes more to this world than redhat 9 and
fc3 and ask them to join up on this mailing list!
>
> 4. Common Man -
> pks - people who need free of cost OS & apps .. who want to use it
> painlessly
ask - They already have a free winxp or 98. Give them dual boot.
[[Long term - come up with an easy to install calcutta specific
distro.]]
>
> 00. Others -
> pks - elderly or senior citizens who want to be able to 'afford' cheaper
> investments in pc
ask - kids who might like the potato guy! (I kid!)
>
> -----------------------------------------
> (E) OBJECTIVES :
>
> 1. Awareness -
> pks - accurate picture of capacity of this OS, its apps, its trends, etc (no
> 'recommending' any brand please !)
ask- Generally demonstrate things that the usual OSs (Windows* and
Redhat*) dont do. Live cds amaze both the expert and the newbie.
Attacking specific myths generates better mileage, imo.
>
> 2. Support -
> pks - clear and precise answers on what kind of help can be got from
> ilug-cal and from where
ask - ditto pks and explain community is our real power.
>
> 3. Membership -
> pks - no 'drive' as such .. but generally making people 'want' to join
ask- ditto pks
>
> 4. Trends -
> pks - generic trends which appear to be way to go as on that point of time
ask- dunno. A poster about HURD, plan9, etc... would be nice.
>
> 5. Pitfalls -
> pks - clearly informing the outer limits or capacities of things
ask- rather just recommend dual boots.
>
> 7. Contacts -
> pks - clear pointers to list, website, people, meetings, chats
ask - ditto pks. This is very important.
>
> 00. Others -
> pks - any item not covered above comes here
ask- avoid recommending specific comp sellers, linux cd sellers,
commercial linux support unless we have sponsors.
> -------------------------------------------
> (Z) OTHER :
1. GNU.ORG stickers
ask-RMS sent some awesome stickers for the IITKgp chaps. Maybe FSF
would like to send us some posters and stickers, too!
2. Distros
ask- There should be at least 1 redhat based, suse based, debian
based and slack based offering and maybe gentoo. Luckily we don't
have any Freebsd fanatics yet!
1) Fedora for language penetration
2) Slack demonstrating multimedia stuff.
3) Suse Pro demonstrating ???
4) Gentoo ???
5) Yet another fedora maybe with another language or maybe
demonstrating the process of installation.
6) SimplyMepis for demonstrating something having the mouse
shadow and true colour and an easy install.
I think it is vitally important to spend a good time installing and
configuring and tweaking these distros. There effectiveness is vital
for success.
Among live cds, We have Mepis and knoppix and Ankur, etc.
>
> 1. {topic}
>
> 2. {etc}
>
> THIS IS INDICATORY only .. it is NOT a COMPREHENSIVE document .. let's try
> to create some structure and get things a bit organised ..
>
> help is needed .. freedom is everyone's right
>
> ..pi I
>
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