[Glastonbury] STRODE and Linux

[tim hall]

On Wednesday 03 March 2004 2:44 pm, Richard Bown wrote:
> I dropped by Strode college in Street this morning (thanks Mike) to give
> Adrian Smith and his class a demo of Linux Audio stuff.  There was a lot of
> interest in it from the students and from Adrian and I suggested a couple
> of things to help them gain access to the Linux platform:
>
> * firstly I mentioned to him that I should be able to loan them a machine
> at some point soonish to try out Linux Audio.  Alternatively we might be
> able to dual boot one of their existing machines.  This will be a good way
> to get the students trialling Linux and the audio software (which is of
> particular interest to me of course).
> * secondly, and probably more importantly, that we could possibly have a
> Linux install day at the college.  Then people who wanted to get Linux on
> their machines could get someone with a bit of experience to help them out
> (with the caveat that they backup everything first of course!)
>
> If we could get interest for an install day at either Strode or St Dunstans
> (or perhaps both) then it would make sense for everyone with install
> experience to get hands on with a few people's machines and take things
> forward.  Could be interesting and at the least would benefit any students
> who wanted to try out Linux on their own machines at home.
>
> Anyway, thoughts welcome on that - I'll forward this to Adrian as well.

I'd be happy to help in any way that I can. I've already had dealings with 
Adrian over promoting Local music. I'm familiar with Debian?agnula rather 
than PlanetCCRMA, but I imagine a fair amount is transferable.

cheers

tim hall