[HLUG] PC's and Distro's

[info at lifespacedesign.co.uk]

On 04 September 2010 at 12:31 Sarah Chard <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk>
wrote:

> just checked and we will have
> rob - 1 x laptop ubuntu 10.04
> paul 1 x laptop windows 7 - cross platform floss apps
> Julian - ?? don't know what he is bringing 
That'll be Ubuntu then...

> Matt - edubuntu
> pete - your 2 machines with ?? 
A year's worth of LXF DVD's, possibly 50 plus different distro's. I still favour
PCLinuxOS as an install demo as it's only a CD, so it's quick.
The free LXF mags we have include a DVD with OpenSuse 11.3 and Mandriva 2010
Spring ( and tiny core Linux).

plus my laptop with mint/vinux if it can> take both - if it cannot we will have
to put vinux on one of your boxes 
Nope, the point of VINUX is the user interface, including braille output
devices. We can just point general interest at the vinux website and the RNCB.
After Wednesday we should be able to talk in an informed way to any potential
users that drop in. Tony has offered a load of Vinux install CD's, and it is
worth us having some, as you never know!
 

> as this is now a priority and keep the laptop as mint
> I have an eee I can bring running ubuntu netbook version 10.04 if it is
> needed (but we are ubuntu heavy!) 
Fancy putting Mandriva 2010 on it instead? The whole distro runs fine on this
Acer Aspireone. I have an external DVD drive for loading.

>
> is this a large enough cross section of distro's? bearing in mind our
> publicity up to this point. We have now committed to demo'ing vinux, 
Nope, the demo is on wednesday for the press. Tony cannot make it for ISFD.
Demo'ing vinux in any relevant way needs all the peripherals to be present and
well configured as well as an experienced user to handle FAQ's.
 

> I have kubuntu discs as well as ubuntu server discs as giveaways -
> Matts idea is good but I am aware that we don't want to move too far
> from our original plan which was based on the premis that most people
> will be interested in the cross platform software and will not have
> great technical knowledge. 
Matts plan (if I understand it correctly) goes to the heart of cheap and simple
educational roll out (client/server style), I think we make the effort to enable
him to demo it so we can impress any education IT admins or teachers/managers.

So we show them what linux is and talk about> it using the cross platform OS
software as a starting point -
>
> --
> Sarah
>
> SFD event - 18 Sept 2010 -
> http://piratepad.net/n7Tuzn49Is
>
>
> On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 11:09 +0100, info at lifespacedesign.co.uk wrote:
> > In view of recent developments with terminal/server networks and
> > booting from
> > USB drives I am inclined to drop one of the two demo machines in
> > favour of
> > prioritising a box for you to demo network and usb boot/installs.
>
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