ACM was planning to do something similar, and apparently they lost interest. But if you're going to do this, you may want to check out http://sean-janus.optionpc.com/acm-disc/ For ideas you may have missed.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Benjamin Story Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [tslug] Re: Free Software Idea For games, try looking for LGames. They've ported their linux games to Win32. On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 03:00:43PM -0500, Donald J Bindner wrote: > I was talking to Nate at the football game on Saturday, and we thought > it might be nice for TSLUG to do something that promotes free software > for people not quite ready to take the Linux plunge. > > We might consider reserving that long table in the downstairs of > Violette hall and passing out "mini" CD-Rs with free software programs > (for Win32) on them. I don't have a complete list of what a CD should > contain, but some contenders would be: > > OpenOffice - alternative to MS office > GIMP - alternative to Photoshop > Mozilla - alternative to IE/Outlook/Frontpage > WiZ - alternative to WinZip (there may be > another better choice here) > > More obscure things that are small enough that they could easily go on > are: > > putty - ssh/telnet client and utilities > vnc - remote display > gnupg - encryption > > Getting more obscure - TeX: > > miktex - at least the installer (the whole distro > is probably more than a mini-CD) > gsview - postscript viewer > TeXnicCenter - graphical TeX environment > > Even more obscure: > > ntemacs - Emacs of course > gvim - and Vi to be fair > > > Any good Win32 free software games? Other free software that people > use? We will likely need to pick and choose for space because of the > small format. > > Presumably we could write an introduction and some help or directions > (say in HTML). We can create an autorun that would pull it up in IE > (which any Win32 computer would have) when they insert the disk. It's > using non-free software to promote free software but would be > friendly. > > Any ideas? Anything we should add to the list? > > I think we should aim to give away 50 mini CD-Rs. I have at least 10 > I could donate and we can buy boxes of 10 at Walmart for less than > $1/disk. If we think we would like to do even more than 50 disks it > might be better to try and buy bulk. > > Perhaps this would make a good discussion item for the Wednesday > meeting in addition to the planned "bring your box to school". > > -- > Don Bindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > Subject: unsubscribe > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- -- Benjamin Story () Join the ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML email and Microsoft-specific /\ attachments. If I wanted to read HTML, I would have visited your website! Support open standards. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
