<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">linux on tap is a brilliant idea. I've the pxe and netboot master if you need any help. :-)<br><br>I could even do a system to backup your original partitions to (somewhere) before it nukes it and install linux...hahaha<br><br>Cheers,<br>Lee<br><br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 4/2/09, Arron Finnon <i><afinnon@googlemail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Arron Finnon <afinnon@googlemail.com><br>Subject: Re: [dundee] Linux Magazine Archives<br>To: dundee@lists.lug.org.uk<br>Date: Wednesday, 4 February, 2009, 9:25 AM<br><br><pre>Hi Gavin, ad everyone else.<br><br>I actually have an idea about old Linux Magazines and cover discs. I<br>actually want to get a box and put it in the HMC (the art gallery<br>where the meeting place is) and put in all the old Linux
Magazines,<br>Open Source Bumf, Cover Discs, No longer Needed distributions, and put<br>a big sign on it called "Re-Cycled Linux" or something like that, and<br>let anyone that ones to come and grab anything out of the box. Sort<br>of the social rule is either put it back when your finished with it so<br>someone else gets the benefit, or put something into it that someone<br>else may find useful. All though i say social rule, we'll not employ<br>Kris with a big stick to police it or anything<br><br>It always seemed to me that there was great wastage in cover discs<br>collecting dust in someones cupboard, for that "just in case" moment<br>and i thought that this maybe a good idea. Then it got me thinking<br>about all the magazines that probably have great articles that someone<br>else would find interesting (I have to be honest my original plans<br>where for the Linux Society to have the box and it come out at<br>meetings). However in the end i
thought, that i could probably ask<br>the HMC to put the box or something at the front door, and then anyone<br>could use it. Anyone that has dealt with people at uni wanting to<br>find out about Linux will know that being able to say, "hay if you pop<br>up there and rummage through the box you'll probably find a copy<br>of.......", or "have you thought of trying open office, there should<br>be a copy of the open CD up in the "Recycled Linux Box" would be a<br>wicked resource.<br><br>My ultimate plan is to have a "Linux on Tap", network port with<br>network installs of loads of linux distro's. You just turn up with<br>your laptop or whatever, plug in your cable and then boot up, next<br>thing you know your a linux convert and your mothers brother is called<br>Bob (or is it swifty?). Some how i think that will be a little harder<br>for me to sell but we'll get there i'm sure, Timb0 has plans for a<br>freedom toaster one day as well, i'm sure if
anyone is interested he'd<br>be happy to talk to you more about it.<br><br>I'm pretty sure that the HMC would go for the whole recycled linux,<br>i'm sure that us lot would find it helpful, and a permanent box for<br>people to discover the joys of the tux and his free software palls<br>maybe useful.<br><br>Added addition some space in the house cleared up for the missus, more<br>space in the CD draw too. So if we're up for it, when i get back i'll<br>put the wheels in motion and if people start digging out there old<br>Linux CD's and magazines we shoudl be able to find a use for them.<br><br>What do you all think?<br><br>Finux<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk<br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>