[Gllug] BETT at Olympia

[John Hearns]

On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 00:33, Mick Farmer wrote:
> Dear UKUUG elders & GLLUGers,
> 
> First, let me declare my UKUUG interest, having served as
> its Chair for a number of years.
> 
> Second, the idea of a "schools/educational Linux CD" has
> been bounced around a number of user groups, including the
> UKUUG, for a number of years.  Personally, I can't see why
> we can't get a working Linux CD out there next week - if

> Get a few educational system administrators saying in public
> that they've chosen Linux, and you'll start a movement
> that's unstopable!  Let's just do it. 
Great!


I'd just like to say something here.
My ideas for a GLLUG demo kit have been a bit more generic.
Not an educational specific thing.

Two ideas:

a) get a good spec laptop. load it up with a recent Linux distro,
and customise the desktop with a Windows-alike theme. 
load on Open/Star Office and Evolution.
This will help clear off the 'Linux is great for running on your old
surplus kit' stuff.
Can present said laptop and show businessmen, teachers, whoever what s
modern Linux desktop can do.

b) get a small server (really just a hard disk that can be put in a PC)
with Linux Terminal Server on it.
At a show we can them set up a small LAN almost instantly from kit that 
people bring along.


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