[NTLUG:Discuss] First Saturday

[Ralph Green]

On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 11:17 -0700, syarus at kvsystems.org wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The First Saturday *nix (including BSD flavors) install project was a
> vendor/vendor manager idea.  Ralph Green, President of DFWUUG and
> distinguished NTLUG member, thought it was a good idea, too.  We got
Stuart,
  I assumed you were the distinguished one.  You are past President of
DFWUUG and the much larger NTPCUG.

> sufficient interest from the public to continue this project for a few
> more months at least.  At present, we are limiting ourselves to first
> Saturdays, because most of the installers also go to NTLUG meetings. 
> 
> This project is not DFWUUG only.  That is only how it started.  We told
> everybody who would listen about both user groups and the LIP at NTLUG
> (it is out of the weather!). 
 We would be happy to list this project as being sponsored by both NTLUG
and DFWUUG.  We want to promote Linux and UNIX and there a bunch of
cheap computers down there at First Saturday that will run either Linux
or BSD or OpenSolaris just fine.  My favorite this month was a Compaq
2.8GHz with 256 MB ram, 4 memory sockets, and a 40 GB hard drive for
$40.  Come hang out for a while at our table.  We probably have room for
4 or 5 people comfortably and a few more.  Since First Saturday takes a
little while to see, you can stay at the table for a while and wander
around some, too.  The First Saturday people will let a few people park
for free under the bridge.  That is the only part we need to coordinate
much, since we have to supply those names ahead of time.  We will give
priority for those spaces to members of either group who are bringing
equipment for the booth.
 The current plan is to man the booth from dawn(which I rounded off to
7AM for now) until Noon.  If people are around at Noon, we could go
somewhere to eat.
Have a great day,
Ralph