Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti wrote:
I totally agree that our best shot at the fair is Mandrake & Fedora. I
would also be inclined in distributing a couple of CDs with Knoppix to
the people really interested. (the credit card sized ones are awesome
too, but cost a bit more).
I think we should also setup a computer with Windows XP just next to
it to:
1) Compare and contrast the two experiences
2) Show that they can peacefully coexist
3) Prove that you can be productive (for home or office use) using
both systems
Yes, that would be a good idea. I had also contacted a developer working
on magnant, a cool little strategy game running on both Linux and
Windowz, (www.insectwar.com). One of the developers told me that if we
were to organize an installfest or a stand at an IT fair, she would send
me two identical versions of the game; one for Lin and one for Win. That
way we could maybe convince some doubtfuls to "Spot the difference"
Just my 2c
Keith
Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti wrote:
Philip Serrracino Inglott wrote:
Mario Debono wrote:
An outing sounds good. But it should be with a specific purpose in
mind, such as the possibility of setting up a stand at the next IT
fair. Projects to set up at the stand could include:
What about an outing with the aim of socialising? (oh sorry geeks
don't
do that right? :-p)
I mean of course we would end up discissing relevant matters, but just
getting to know eachother
face to face is also important!
1. Introducing Linux to people seeing it for the first time (two
areas here, home and business)
2. Comparing specific distributions.
Hmmmmm not sure it's such a good Idea! my favoutite distro is Debian,
but in this case
I would suggest pushing Mandrake/KDE, which has the best support for
Maltese out-of-the box.
This is an advantage which is tangable and easy to promote. Promoting
open source because
of the Immense Choice and Variaty it offers is MUCH harder, especially
to the un-washed who do not even know that a choice can exist!
I don't quite agree with your point of view. The goal of a linux
mirror shouldn't only be to promote the easiest distribution in
Malta but should also be a service for all linux users in Malta. The
long term benefit of such a mirror is to make a maltese linux user
group self sustainable rather than dependent on the services of our
nearest country (Italy). The choice of a distro is the mere choice
of the user in question. I don't think our role is that of promoting
any one of the particular distros but trying to accomodate as much
as possible all possible choices out there.
For whoever watched the "Matrix Reloaded":
--- The problem is choice.
Regarding the hosting of various distros, I am ready to donate a
>60Gb hard drive to host a gentoo mirror. I hope we don't run out of
IDE connectors !! :-)
Also, please post the type of ram needed for donation. I doubt you
are interested in some fast page sticks!!
ir-Rej
3. Evaluating Linux for a company solution
4. Offering advice on migrating to Linux
Also - about the mirror project - I'm not sure how many members we
have but I'm thinking HDD space will be the biggest problem to
overcome, so why don't we chip in a few pounds each and get say an
80 or 120 Gig HDD. We are really talking about LM50 total !
Ouch! money! Well if 50 of us could pledge Lm1 each It could be done!
but if only 45 of us do
there is not much of a point.
so that's me and you makes Lm2
who's chipping in for the good of Manking (as waesel of I M weasel
used
to say)?
What do you think guys (and girls of course)?
Oh yes Girls!! are there any girls using linux in Malta? It seems
to me
that OSS is so
heavly dominated by males! is it just my impression? if there are any
female users of linux
out there please raise your hand
Mario
On Monday 24 May 2004 10:25 am, Keith Vassallo wrote:
Hello everybody,
It has now been around 4 months since a committee was elected and we
have started some projects regarding the MLUG. We would like more
participation between MLUG members and so here is a short list of
things
you can do to contribute to the MLUG:
1) Ideas. We have always discussed the prospect of organizing
some form
of "outing" between MLUG members. This can be in the form of an
informal
meeting, a seminar etc... If anyone of you has ideas regarding
what we
can do, please send them here :)
2) Creations. We have only received one potential logo for the
new MLUG
logo. This was contributed by Philip (and by the way Philip, I
really
like version 2). If you'd like to have a go at re-designing the
MLUG's
new logo, have a look at my previous email here:
http://mailserv.megabyte.net/pipermail/mlug-list/2004-March/001204.html
3) Hardware. As you probably know by now, we're setting up a local
GNU/Linux mirror. Needless to say, "this ain't cheap" and we need
your
contributions. Currently, we really need storage space (i.e. hard
disks)
and DDR RAM. We're not asking you to buy new stuff (altough
you're more
then welcome to do so, hehe), we're simply asking you to dontate any
hardware which you don't use anymore.
That's bascially it - three ways to contribute to the MLUG, now
it's up
to you :)
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