[SFD-TC] Plans for Sept 16 (was: Re: Hola a todos...)

[Lars D. Noodén]

On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Mahomedalid Ivan <<Crow>> wrote:

> Hi, so, talk about your plans!

I'm still thinking about what to do and where to do it.  My intial ideas 
are ambitious, we'll see how they turn out.

So far I've been considering arranging space for SFD at the public 
library, it's a busy place Saturday afternoon and I have contacts there.

I'd like to have a series of lecture-demonstrations that afternoon about 
different F/OSS topics and packages in the meeting room.  In the lobby, it 
might be nice to have a variety of machines with different setups for 
people to wander by and try out.

I'm thinking 15 or 20 minute lecture-demonstrations with 10 minutes of 
questions in a meeting room and having the same tools out in the lobby. 
These lecture-demonstrations would be oriented to average, non-technical 
people, businesses or institutions.

Topics for these, I'm thinking:

A simple explanation of the ideas and general benefits behind 
F/OSS are needed. i.e. why it is beneficial

A demystification of the wide selection of Linux distros, BSD distros, and 
other operating systems is needed.

A quick introduction to various activities like web browsing, e-mail, 
music, video, digital photo editing, and so on is needed and how the F/OSS 
versions are (usually) better.

For demonstration computers, I'm thinking setting up several different 
distros of Linux (e.g. Ubuntu and Skolelinux) and maybe BSD.  In addition 
to standalone machines, I'd like to have a multi-headed machine:
 	http://linuxgazette.net/124/smith.html
and a working sample of the Linux Terminal Server Project:
 	http://ltsp.org/

For the applications, I'd pick some from this list
 	http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lars/Tools/
and have them on each computer, but feature only one or two programs per 
station with small posters and handouts.

Of course, all of that is very, very ambitious.  But there is time to work 
out the details and figure out what there is time to do and not do.

> I was thinking in maybe do a videoconference with many points around
> the world!

That would be very cool.  We could run it the whole day and sites 
could join or leave whenever.  People walking by on SFD could then talk 
with people in other countries!

-Lars

> Sorry for my bad english! :)

No worries, it's much better than my Spanish has become.

Lars Nooden (lars at umich.edu)
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