SLUG Mailing List ArchivesSLUG Mailing List ArchivesOn Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Jeff Waugh <jdub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > <quote who="Sridhar Dhanapalan"> > > > I should also add that if we can get a decently-sized group to attend, we > > can have our table rental fees waived. Computer fairs are a great way to > > find cheap and interesting hardware, so you won't just be there for > > Software Freedom Day :) > > Thought: How about we try to provide a Linux compatibility checking > service, potentially to both vendors and customers? We can test laptops > with LiveCDs, and random bits of hardware on our demo machines. Plug it in, > see if it just works, or fiddle around with drivers and the interweb to see > if there's some kind of support out there at all. It would fit nicely with > the market feel, and is a nice outgrowth from the now almost pointless > 'installfest'... "Hey, remember back when we had to help people install the > whole thing? Ha ha ha!" I was thinking of something along the same lines. It is suboptimal for us to restrict ourselves to our own little corner of the fair. We should be trying to reach out to other vendors and consumers. Many of them have never tried FOSS (whether it be Linux or FOSS on Windows), often due to simple laziness or even intimidation based on hearsay or obsolete information/experiences. We should be emphasising ease of use and installation, freedom, choice and co-existence with existing operating systems and software. A simple demo of how to install Linux might be neat, but as proven by the last Bootcamp, we have evolved past the need for a straight installfest. -- "The solution is patenting as much as we can. A future startup with no patents of its own will be forced to pay whatever price the giants choose to impose. That price might be high. Established companies have an interest in excluding future competitors." - Bill Gates, 1991
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