Hi, On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:55:46AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > This will be the schedule for the FOSDEM Debian developers' room:
Fsck, what a bunch of interesting talks. Will be hard to find time for other things. ;-) > Additionally, we still need to organize something for the booth. I'd > said previously that I'd prefer not to do a babelbox this year, because > I thought we'd already done that twice[1]; Hmmm, sounds if there exist people who have a different opinion: http://www.perrier.eu.org/weblog/2008/01/29#sl2008-1 (SCNR) > but so far I've not heard any better suggestions (or any suggestions > at all, really). Ehm, it's not that I suggested something to replace babelbox, but at least I made suggestion (nearly full quote below) about stuff to staff the booth a week ago. On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 05:38:05PM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 01:50:47AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > > I should also note that it's been suggested that we don't turn the > > > Debian booth into a pure T-shirt shop this time around, which > > > makes sense. > > > > Yup, agreed. I'll have *some* with me if desired, of course. Any > > suggestions or volunteers for demos yet? > > I can again bring my MicroClient Jr. (aka eBox 2300, 200 MHz Vortex86, > MMX-compatible, 128 MB RAM, 100 GB HD, max. 15W consumption, see > http://www.phys.ethz.ch/~abe/MicroClientJr/ for pictures and details > in German) which I had with me already at last FOSDEM. > > This year I can additionally offer to bring a matching 8" touch screen > and a floppy keyboard (swiss keyboard layout though). Unfortunately > the touch screen drivers are not in Etch, but I got it working. (Don't > know about Sid yet, but probably neither.) > > Additionally I can bring a MicroClientJr SX (aka eBox 2300 SX, 300 MHz > Vortex86SX 486SX-compatible, 128 MB SD-RAM, 160 GB HD), which is > slower than the box mentioned above, even with those 100 MHz more and > the better RAM. Unfortunately Etch's X.org doesn't run on it because > it doesn't seem to support 486(SX) although Etch is officially said to > run on 486. It has currently a rebuilt and slightly patched X.org > running. (Would probably need a screen for that one... Maybe a USB KVM > switch also suffices.) > > Although there are some cons of the kind that both machines need > things which are not in Debian, they also have some pros: > > + They don't take much booth space (especially not with the 8" flat > screen and the floppy keyboard. ;-) > > + People are amazed that a full-fledged Debian runs on such small and > low-end machines. (You don't want to have an Ubuntu running on them > though. ;-) > > + They are neat, cute and attract people to the booth. Geeks love > them. :-) > > + You can play Solitaire or Minesweeper with your fingers. :-) > > + tarzeau can play nethack on them. ;-) > > Both currently run Etch, so I can promise to show Etch. But maybe I > find time to make an additional Sid installation. Both have enough > free disk space left. Addition: They're probably not suitable for babelbox usage anyway because of their speed. :-) On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:55:46AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > If people have ideas of something we could show off this year, > please speak up now; See above. I currently plan to hear talks on Sa 14-18 and Su 10-13, so I won't be available for booth staffing during that time, but else may have time. > Finally, I also need to figure out what to do with manning the > booth. [...] At this point I'm considering to increase the time slot > to two hours, but I'm not sure whether that will really solve the > issue. ... which makes it harder to listen to a few talks for those who would like to take over one or more shifts. Therefore I don't expect it to do any good. > At any rate, volunteers for the booth would be needed, and perhaps > we can then work out something among those who volunteer to work at > the booth. Interested parties are urged to mail me at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] So you get a Cc this time, just to be sure. :) On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 03:50:56PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > As for some passive decoration: I'll at least bring a large laminated > "Mike Loves Debian" poster. Cool! :-) On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 03:49:10PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > So, if someone can provide a system and a (preferably not too small) > monitor, I'll do the setup. Besides speed, this is another reason why my hardware isn't a good idea for babelbox. ;-) Regards, Axel -- Axel Beckert - [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://noone.org/abe/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
