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On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 03:49 +0000, Erik Chakravarty wrote: > I'm a new list member of edlug (12 months), I'm a second-year > Psychology/Philosophy student at Edinburgh Uni and I run the following: > > Debian/PPC (dual-boot OSX) on Apple PowerBook G4 15" with Apple iSight > working under coridander / gnomemeeting - 3D graphics and internal > wireless all set up. CUPS printing, digital camera interface and audio > also working. This is should be a good showcase for our OS which up > until relatively recently has been lacking somewhat in multimedia > capabilites, especially on the powerpc platform. This is *the* angle for > marketing Linux to mainstream users now, seeing as the main drives from > MS and Apple are always multimedia focussed. > > I'd be more than happy to demo - I'm an extremely enthusiastic Linux > user (almost 7 years sans-Windows, not bad for a 22-year old) and > relatively comfortable speaking in front of an audience having worked as > a consultant with Accenture for some time before I entered University > education, specialising in Unix/Linux datacentre technologies. > > I will endeavour to attend the next meet but just to register my offer > of support - organisers, you now have my contact details: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 07720 8505321 > > Please call if you're interested - I can't be 100% on my availability at > the moment but I can change plans now to fit this in if I know > relatively soon. > > Take it easy - Erik > > > > On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 19:41 +0000, C. Dominik Bódi wrote: > > [Call for volunteers for the P&P Society Event] > > Hi folks, > > > > Antonia came along to our meeting last week, and we sorted out some of the > > details: > > > > The event will take place on March 13th, 7:00pm in the ground floor > > auditorium > > of the Edinburgh University Chaplaincy, 1 Bristo Square. > > > > We will have 90-100 minutes to impress politically interested/active > > students > > with the political/ethical and technical advantages of Free Software. My > > idea > > was to split the event in three parts: > > > > 1.) Presentation about the politcal and ethical merits of Free Software, a > > la > > Richard Stallman. (30-40 mins) > > 2.) Technical demo running Linux on a desktop/laptop, displaying common use > > cases like doing email, www, openoffice, im etc. (30 mins) > > 3.) Questions and discussion (20-30 mins, depending on demand) > > > > I would suggest splitting up the duties, as well. Therefore, we will need > > TWO > > volunteers, one for the presentation and one for the technical demo. > > > > For the presentation I would want someone who already has at least brief > > experience advocating Free Software. I will contact the FSFE in order to > > get > > some slides they might already have created... > > > > For the second presentation someone who already has done similar demos > > would > > be perfect, but anyone who feels up to do such a demo would be welcome. > > > > Additionally, it might be a good idea if we could get some more edlug > > members > > to attend the meeting, possibly taking their laptops and pdas along to show > > off with and get the people into personal discussions.... > > > > About the target audience: For details about the P&P Society, see > > http://pandp.eusa.ed.ac.uk/ > > > > Antonia provided helpful information about the society, as well. We cannot > > expect every attendant to be a computer-geek, on the contrary. Many of them > > will have experience using widespread non-free software on a (more or less) > > daily basis, and that's it. However, these folks will be politically > > interested and many of them will possibly have experience taking part in a > > campaign or two. Arguing the politcal and ethical merits of Free Software > > could have a big impact, indeed. > > > > Any volunteers, please mail to the list. The same goes for anyone having > > suggestions etc. > > > > Cheers, > > Dominik > >
