[Sussex] Fair's idea's

[Steve Dobson]

Jim

Hi and welcome to the club.

On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 09:58:04AM -0000, Jim Noble wrote:
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> So where does Linux come into this scenario?
> 
> Well some of us have flirted with it in the past with varying degrees of 
> success/comfort and one club member is now almost completely Linux based. 
> He'll be describing his experience at Walberton next Spring. The main 
> issues seem to be the difficulty of getting devices up and running properly 
> without needing a degree in arcane mysteries and the sacrifice of a virgin 
> white goat.
> 
> The membership of both clubs is, how shall I put this, mature and in many 
> cases on a limited budget. The idea of free software is attractive, but 
> there's plenty of that around for Windows anyway. The idea of better 
> security and relative freedom from malware is also enticing. In the main, I 
> think the memberships would welcome  exposure to some Linux evangelising. 
> If anyone would like to give a tutorial/demonstration at either club, I'm 
> sure we can set a date in Spring 2005 for Pulborough and maybe one in 
> Autumn 2005 for Walberton. We have the use of a 1024x768 projector and 6' 
> screen.
> 
> We aren't rich and the fee offered tends to be a bottle of wine and a round 
> of applause.

I'm sure that we can provide a tutorial/demonstration if you want.

In fact we have been thinking of holding some roving meetings, but nothing
has happened on that front.  If you have a venue that we could use for
free then I'm sure we could get some people together to come over and
evangelise.  Please indicate some idea as to date, times etc.

Steve