[SLUG] Library display

[bgarrood at tiscali.co.uk]

Hi

Surely the Library Display should act as a gateway to finding out more.  So 
the display should be a set of posters advertising reasons for Linux. Here is 
list0.1:
You can use old/second hand equipment to put together a useable computer 
system for 100 pounds or less:
You can find a software distribution for your specialist subject (music?):
Your home computer can have educational software that makes your children 
brighter..............

The posters should give website addresses for follow up.  The library provides 
a free computing service, plus advice. Handouts never get read.

I don't think giving out personal phone numbers, or offering home visits are 
good ideas.  They open cans of worms.  The mailing list address is surely 
enough.

The whole display should be robust enough to be offered to outlying branches 
of the library, and perhaps colleges, and reused at the next opportunity.

I can (probably) demonstrate Beatrix at the next meeting.  It is a very basic 
distribution which has a Gnome front end and just does OpenOffice, 
Firefox ,Evolution and a Messenger program.  The big advantage is that it 
runs in 64M and installs in around 20 minutes.  It could be a starting point 
for discussions about a distribution we could recommend.

Bob