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[Maximillian Murphy]

Dear Christian,

Regarding the Gloucestershire Linux demo day:

-- I live in Cheltenham, have car and would be happy to help if I'm  
not away at the time.

-- The "demonstrating to Windows users that Linux has it all" facet:   
We could get hold of an intel Core Duo machine and load it with  
Parallels and demonstrate running two operating systems  
simultaneously at full speed, thanks to the hardware virtualisation.   
That should be a big help when persuading people to try out Linux.   
They don't need to mess with dual boot or anything of that kind.   
Parallels costs 49.99 USD (Parallels support for AMD hardware  
virtualisation is coming up).

We could even run all three operating systems on an apple machine,  
just to drive the point home:  The choice of OS is there, easy and  
non-exclusive.  Anyone have an intel apple?

-- Another fun and impressive thing we could do is to invite a  
LinuxBios chap to come and display a three second powerswitch to  
loginscreen boot.  Even a six second boot would be superb.  I grant  
that this is blue sky technology as far as ordinary linux users is  
concerned.  However it would make the point that linux is more than  
capable and has a high performance userland future ahead of it.

Maybe I'll get a first sighting of you all there!

Best Wishes, Max


Am 27.09.2006 um 14:58 schrieb Christian Trapp:

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> Hello All, hello Steve :),
>
> Sorry for the delayed response to your e-mail (had just a couple of
> rough days at work).
>
> I am glad that you find the idea to present Linux to the public still
> attractive. It is great to see your ideas for a possible  agenda.
>
> The following I think is important to check in advance:
> - - We need an computer and especially a end user oriented event with
> lots of visitors (the more the better)
> - - We can get there a little bit space for one or two tables for  
> little
> or even no money (sponsorship from a linux company possible?).
> - - We only pay electricity, internet access etc. and get the money
> together in advance
> - - We need volunteers (depending on our program min. 2 persons at a
> time) with Linux skills to cover a day AND to arrange things in
> advance like bringing computers, helping to transport the tables,
> preparing the presentations, tidying up afterwards etc.
>
> I am still keen to address especially the end users of Windows and to
> show them the alternatives Linux offers to them and how they can get a
> Linux without missing their used things like internet, multimedia,
> printing, photo and video, word processing, creating working sheets  
> etc.
>
> If we find enough people which are interested to help with this
> project we should have a meeting/dinner to bring our plans forward.
> Would be great to hear your ideas.
>
> Best regards
> Christian
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