[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Fair

[Chris Cox]

Robert Citek wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, February 19, 2004, at 01:39  PM, Chris Cox wrote:
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>> I'll have my Cappucino G1 (http://www.saintsong.com) running
>> SUSE 9. The embedded stuff is done on SFF boards as well.
> 
> 
> Nice.  I've never seen one of these.  I could not find the G1.  Did you 
> mean the GX1:
>   http://www.saintsong.com/english/products/Cappuccino/gx1/all-cgx1.htm
> I assume yours does not have the CD or DVD.

It's the older G1... no longer sold.  But you can see it throughout
the net.  It's an 810e chipset.

For example: http://www.unicomplabs.com/spacesaving/cappuccinopc.asp

> 
>> I may bring my Cyclades TS2000 unit... it's definitely a
>> required piece of equipment for any datacenter.
> 
> 
> Very nice:
>   http://www.cyclades.com/products/2/ts_series
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> On what will the Windows software be running, on Windows or VMWare on 
> Linux?  Both would be good to truly demonstrate how Linux can 
> interoperate with Windows.

It's sufficient for Windows to be running under VMware on Linux... there is
no difference (nothing that matters anyway).  I don't do any native
Windows anymore... there is no need for it.

...
> Yup.  I do want to see Windows working with all of it.  And OS X working 
> with all of it, too.  I am imagining a scenario where some local 
> government official or small business leader came up to me and said 
> "Robert, this Linux stuff is nice and all.  But we have already invested 
> a lot of time and money in hardware, software, and training.  We simply 
> cannot afford to dump all that and switch to Linux.  That's why we are 
> staying the course with Windows."  To which I would like to reply, "You 
> don't have to dump all that.  Linux plays nicely with Windows as I saw 
> demonstrated at the last Linux Fair.  For example, I saw Chris and 
> others demonstrate {blah, blah, blah}.  For more details, check out 
> their website www.ntlug.org or contact Chris directly."

I'll probably post some screenshots to the screenshots section of
the website (link at bottom the front page).  Most people just don't
realize how much actually does work now with regards to M$ software.

> 
>> Obviously I'll have the good non-Microsoft stuff too... OpenOffice
>> and Mozilla.  I'm running Mozilla 1.6 currently.
> 
> 
> Have you tried Mozilla's Firefox, the sequel to Mozilla's Firebird?  Was 
> just released the other day.  Runs on Linux, Windows, OS X, and probably 
> others:
>   http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Obviously... like everyone, we will all move to firefox.
I haven't tried it yet.  It still has a few glitches here and there...
of course Mozilla does too, but some of the glitches from Mozilla
haven't been fixed yet in Firefox (gleaned from reading messages
on mail lists and such).


> There's more?  What are the others bringing?  No need to hold back now. 
>  This is great stuff.

Everyone (demo'ing) feel free to post about your setups if you like.