[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Fair

[Chris Cox]

Robert Citek wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, February 19, 2004, at 11:15  AM, Chris Cox wrote:
> 
>> We'll have some Apple equipment running Linux.
> 
> 
> Excellent.  What type of Apples?  New Macs or older Macs?  I ask because 
> I have been looking for a Knoppix-like linux distro to demo Linux on my 
> PowerBook G4.  So far, I have not found anything nearly as polished as 
> Knoppix for the x86.

Rick Cook is planning on bringing his G4 duallie and possibly a
Powerbook 3400c and maybe even an iBook.

> 
>> We'll have some embedded Linux stuff there (some dedicated applicances).
>> We'll have some SMP equipment running Linux.
>> We'll have some full 3D accelerated gaming platforms.
>> We'll have some SFF equipment running Linux.
> 
> 
> SFF?  "Small form factor"?

I'll have my Cappucino G1 (http://www.saintsong.com) running
SUSE 9. The embedded stuff is done on SFF boards as well.

I may bring my Cyclades TS2000 unit... it's definitely a
required piece of equipment for any datacenter.

> 
>> We'll have some people doing video media capture/editing (including 
>> Cinelerra!).
>> We'll have some Novell demos there.
>> We'll have some demos of intrusion detection and vulnerability detection.
>> We'll have some Wiki and T-Mobile demos!! (cuz you just can't get 
>> enough T-Mobile!!)
> 
> 
> Wonderful stuff.  Will all these things be happening concurrently or is 
> there a schedule?

Concurrently... like a mini-conference.  The trick is getting to a chair
to sit and talk with the person demonstrating... otherwise, you can
usually hover and ask questions as well.

> 
>> All using various distibutions of Linux (many different ones).
> 
> 
> Any demos of a Linux office environment?  For example, two networked 
> computers, a printer, a scanner, and an Internet connection with OSS 
> applications (OpenOffice and Mozilla).

I'll probably bring an inkjet HP 850C (a bit old... but a good
workhorse... for an inkjet).  I probably won't bring my scanner,
and I'm not sure if anyone else is bringing one.  I will have
a plethora of Windoze SW installed and working, including
Office 2000, Visio, maybe PhotoShop.  Also will have several
Windows games... I think about 15 or so... including UT2004,
though the Linux version plays better than the Windows one (duh).

My SMP machine will be networked with my Cappuccino and my laptop.
I guess I'll setup some file sharing stuff... and I'll have lots
of VMware examples as well (if you just have to see Windows
working with all of it).

Obviously I'll have the good non-Microsoft stuff too... OpenOffice
and Mozilla.  I'm running Mozilla 1.6 currently.

I'm not stealing the show though... I just don't know the full
details of what everyone else is bringing.