[plug] Distro Day !!!

[Trent Lloyd]

I'll come along saturday
But school kinda maks friday suck.. unless 4PM on friday is fine?

Cheers,
Trent
Sixlabs


> Hi Pluggers..
> 
> <hype>
> All of you probably know Scott & Matt (of LinuxIT.com.au) fame.
> if not, you should get over to their shop and find out..
> 
> http://www.linuxit.com.au should hopefully give you the address .)
> </hype>
> 
> They have kindly organised a couple of machines on loan from
> a comp supplier, to be used for comparison testing for an
> article for LinMagAu.. :) woohoo !!!
> 
> <more hype>
> Andrew and the guys at Xtreme are supplying the machines for the day
> by way of supporting us, so get over the their shop and
> support them right back !
> Evolution Xtreme in Myaree (ask for Andrew Scott) 
> </more hype>
> 
> This will be held at the LinuxIT shop close to Freo.
> 
> Currently we plan.
> 3 machines, Mandrake, Debian and Gentoo.
> 
> Saturday July 12th       Actual testing day
> Prior to that installation needs to be done..
> 
> Scott:
> We can't do a test on install because Gentoo would take way too long.
> The way i see it is time vs performance ie Is compiling custom packages
> worth the effort. Mandrake is compiled for a 686,Debian - 386 and Gentoo
> will be whatever the system is. So it should be a good comparison.
> 
> We change the clock speed in the BIOS down 10% so later we can test the
> difference with a 10% increase. The reason we do this is to simulate
> spending an extra $50 for a 10% faster CPU. Again the comparison time vs
> money.
> :
> 
> We are looking for..
> 
> 1)      A couple of folks to put up their hands to do the pre installation
> so that the day of testing, can actually be testing :)
> Scott says:
> People involved in setting it up will have FULL access to LinuxIT before
> the day and all the help we can provide except where we have to help our
> clients.:
> 
> 
> 2)      Suggestions on what to test..
> 
> Scott will be making the final "go assessment" on the testing suggestions.
> 
> Indy will be standing in a chief organiser of the day :)
> so any questions indy at linmagau.org
> although we can also discuss here in the list..:)
> 
> I will be trying to do as little as possible,except take photos,
> make notes, then create the article with the outcomes etc..
> 
> We might even offer up "nibbles" :).. 
> Compliments of Scott(LinuxIT) and anyone else who turns up with 
> a bag of crisps :) (Bacon is my favourite flavour) :)
> 
> Any takers ?
> 
> Kim
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> http://www.linmagau.org
>