<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">OK Gavin, I have some ideas on venue and equipment available. I am quite ready to help whenever you say the word.<br>Frank<br><br>This may come from a Dell with Crashbang, or from an Asus Eee PC series midget lap top with another Linux Distro, this time "Easy Peasy". A LUG member just supplied me with a Debian 5 disk, so you may receive my e-mails from that too. Sometimes I use a minimac. I can assure you that I no longer use XP and Vista is almost unknown to me. I find Linux OS's are all that I need! Linux is great!<br><br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 10/5/09, Gavin Stevens <i><starshine@gavmusic.uklinux.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Gavin Stevens <starshine@gavmusic.uklinux.net><br>Subject: Re: [Sussex] Open day outline<br>To:
sussex@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>Date: Sunday, 10 May, 2009, 3:42 PM<br><br><pre>Frank,<br><br>The outline below is a very rough draft idea for an "Open day".<br>Nothing is set in stone as yet - dates, venues, the small matter of who gives<br>each talk & supply & use of equipment all have to be decided.<br><br>As soon as we're ready to roll then I shall be delighted & most<br>grateful for your assistance in bringing this event to the notice of as many<br>people as possible.<br><br>I shall be taking you up on your kind offer in due course.<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br>Gavin. <br><br>On Sun, 10 May 2009 11:18:25 +0000 (GMT)<br>FRANK JAMES <frank.james4@btinternet.com> wrote:<br><br>> Could I ask Littlehampton Gazette to print it?<br>> Frank <br>> <br>> This may come from a Dell with Crashbang, or from an Asus Eee PC<br>> series midget lap top with another Linux Distro, this time "Easy<br>> Peasy". A LUG member just supplied
me with a Debian 5 disk, so you<br>> may receive my e-mails from that too. Sometimes I use a minimac. I<br>> can assure you that I no longer use XP and Vista is almost unknown to<br>> me. I find Linux OS's are all that I need! Linux is great!<br>> <br>> <br>> --- On Sun, 10/5/09, Gavin Stevens <starshine@gavmusic.uklinux.net><br>> wrote: From: Gavin Stevens <starshine@gavmusic.uklinux.net><br>> Subject: [Sussex] Open day outline<br>> To: "Sussex LUG" <sussex@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>> Date: Sunday, 10 May, 2009, 1:19 AM<br>> <br>> Further to the discussion at the last moot, here is an outline for a<br>> possible "Open Day" designed to attract both newcomers to<br>computers &<br>> those who are "Linux-curious" but need some idea of what Linux<br>has to<br>> offer.<br>> <br>> Attendees to arrive at 9:30 for 10:00 start.<br>> <br>> Seminar 1: <br>> <br>> 1.1: Welcome -
explain to those who are new to computers that Linux<br>> can offer them a low-cost & user-friendly passage into home computing.<br>> <br>> 1.2: What is Linux & where does it come from? Simple overview of the<br>> origins of the Linux kernel & the GNU OS - nothing too deep at this<br>> stage. (A compare & contrast of Windows & Linux will follow).<br>> <br>> 1.3: Compare & contrast Windows & Linux. A "translator"<br>> between Windows & Linux apps.(e.g: MS Office/OpenOffice.org; Image<br>> editing etc.) Finish this section by contrasting the licences for<br>> Windows & Linux. Informative but simple - doesn't need to be an in<br>> depth analysis of the GNU GPL or MS licence agreement.<br>> This first seminar sets the scene for subsequent seminars of the day<br>> which will deal with comparing & contrasting Windows & Linux apps<br>for<br>> specific tasks.<br>> <br>>
Seminar 2: Office applications: MS Office compared with<br>> OpenOffice.org for essential office tasks (maybe also mention AbiWord<br>> & Gnumeric).<br>> <br>> Seminar 3: Internet & E-mail applications: Should be fairly easy to<br>> compare Firefox on Windows with Firefox on Linux or Seamonkey with<br>> Seamonkey. Oh, did I forget Internet Explorer? Also, Outlook<br>> Express/Windows Mail compared to a Linux standalone like Claws Mail.<br>> <br>> Seminar 4: Image editing: Could be quite a popular one this, as most<br>> people have at least a semi-regular need, in this age of digital<br>> photography, to edit & print images. Compare a couple of Windows<br>> image editors with the GIMP &/or Inkscape.<br>> <br>> Seminar 5: Music listening & recording.<br>> <br>> Seminar 6: OK, I like this Linux thing - how do I install it? Maybe<br>> do a real installation of Ubuntu (which was agreed at
the moot as a<br>> representative & popular distro).<br>> <br>> Notes: For all of the above, I would suggest only using a comparison<br>> with Windows apps briefly, the main purpose being to promote &<br>> demonstrate the Linux apps.<br>> <br>> Also point out that there are Windows versions of most of the apps<br>> mentioned as being for Linux. In fact most of them are equal in<br>> support for Windows & Linux. Suggest that the Windows version of an<br>> app that you would use on Linux is a good way to become familiar<br>> before installing Linux itself.<br>> <br>> I could spend all night noting little ideas & thoughts that keep<br>> popping into my head, but I will leave it there & offer the above as<br>> a rough outline. Discussion, debate, other ideas & questions are most<br>> welcome & indeed essential if this project is going to become reality.<br>> <br>>
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