[Klug-general] Re: Kent Digest, Vol 82, Issue 1

[Marco Bertaglia]

yeah I would like that

by the way, I am trying to sell a cheap assembled PC priced at £350
with Fedora Core 5 pre-installed via www.ebay.co.uk and it does NOT
seem to attract people - maybe because it's Linux and common customers
aren't as keen on it as I would like them to be

One super thing at the kind of meeting you suggest:

two identical PC, side by side, for hands-on demos

one with all Windows-based OS + software

one with all Linux-based OS + open source software

comparable I mean

and a tag with the total price of hardware + OS + software

and then, let the people play and understand ;-))

Best,
Marco

On 24/08/06, David Halliday <david.halliday at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Just as a funny add-on...
> >
> > It wouldn't play on a friend of mine's 2k box... :)
> >
> > Can't be bothered to fix his wm/ie setup tho'... he refuses open e.g.
> > mozilla options etc... believing proprietry means stability & cleanliness...
> >
> > We've got to beat this psychological brick wall that consumers have
> > somehow...?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > I tried getting in touch with Kent Messenger Group about writing an
> > small? article on the fact that computers need not be so expensive by
> > using open source... but they said it was not in their interest or that
> > of their readers and because it was not community-based? (Their remit is
> > to cover all community-based issues)...
> >
> > Was looking at a spam I got from a certain 'Online XPee shoppe' who are
> > selling computers with linux or no system on... revolution's started...
> > again...
> >
> > Funny thing is, if a certain OS were a quarter of the price, surely at
> > least 4 times as many people (globally) would legalise it...? Does that
> > work economically? Don;t think I'll ever be a fat cat... :-$
> >
> >
> > aleX
> >
> >
> > Fight capitalism with capitalism, boycott!
> >
>
> Why not do something particularly snazzy for a LUG meeting like a
> bigger or cleverer demonstration that would knock peoples socks off
> perhaps something like keroshi in action (what with the new term
> starting) and get the Kent paper to visit and write the article for
> them or something?
>
> Do it as a full professional demonstration rather than the usual
> helping install and concept demonstration.
>
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