[plug] Newbie Night

[Shayne O'Neill]

Yeah. I've been fiddlin with xandros on a few machines and its sweet.

The version they are giving away on mag covers doesnt have the crossover
thing.

That of course might be a good thing depending on yer needs.

Yeah. I'm impressed.

Now that said, dont even *bother* trying to up it to 2.6. Its just bad bad
bad mojo.

Unless your a clever muffin :)

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On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Sol wrote:

> I think this is a valuable suggestion. IMO, I think Xandros might be a
> good compromise distro because it's Debian based (so PLUG crew can
> relate to it ;) and it's - allegedly - good for 'doze refugees on the
> desktop side of things.
>
> I'd be one to put my hand up to help too.....when I don't have to work
> evenings anymore.... :(   So I'll shut up now...
>
> /sol
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Seeing that I'm in Tasmania and (most if not all of) you are not,
> > perhaps it is presumptuous of me to suggest the idea of running a
> > regular newbie night, but I'm going to anyway...
> >
> > <http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/03/15/2223237>
> >
> > There is another aspect to this, and that is the trip I'm on around the
> > country...
> >
> > Let me elaborate.
> >
> > This trip is about two things, a change of life-style and an attempt at
> > returning some of the gifts I've been given thanks to mailing lists like
> > this one - and countless other experiences since I came on-line in 1990.
> >
> > I have during this trip spent a week in a rural primary school building
> > their school web-site (with the whole school - all 24 students from year
> > 1 to year 7). According to both staff and students it was a roaring
> > success.
> >
> > Also, I've run a community computer fix-it day, which was not as
> > successful as I'd like to have seen, but the idea was: "Bring your
> > computer in and we'll fix it."
> >
> > Now, a newbie night that comes to a local community, that is something I
> > can do with what I have in the back of my van.
> >
> > So...
> >
> > Firstly, this thread is an attempt at sparking discussion about the
> > process of running a newbie night, perhaps even run a few in Perth, then
> > find a way to "streamline" the process and run regular ones on the road.
> >
> >         What kind of things would you show?
> >         What would you leave out?
> >         What is a really *wow* kind of demo?
> >         What distribution would you show and Why?
> >
> > Remember, I'm attempting to spark discussion, so, any controversial
> > contributions are welcome, but keeping it to the topic would be
> > appreciated...
> >
> >
> >
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