[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Fair needs a new name

[agoats at compuserve.com]

We could have a section dedicated to Linux and another to Windows, 
promoting OpenSource and some other software that is less expensive than 
most for Windows and Linux.

Examples:
QCad,  a dxf compatible drawing CAD in the vein of Generic CAD, TurboCAD 
and others at about $30 US (last time I bought it). It runs on Windows 
and Linux, and yes Ubuntu has a version of it for free. Compare this to 
the other CAD's from $350 to over $4,000. Yes, I do use it, but it 
doesn't have all the things I need for work. I contributed the original 
Greek fonts to RibbonSoft Software many years ago.

Cepstral: text to speech software  for Mac OS/X, Linux, Windows and 
Solaris (depending on voices). Multiple languages and both male and 
female voices. Cost is about $30 per voice and you can listen to the 
voices to pick your choice. I liked "Diane" as her voice was more clear 
and better at the words I gave her than the others, in my opinion. You 
can hear the male and female versions of text to speech by listening to 
channels 5.2 and 8.2 with the weather alerts. "Cloudy" comes out the 
same with Diane....   I use this to create my own "audio books" from 
text, like Moby Dick and others.

I'm NOT a purist as I have needs that Open Source doesn't fully fulfill, 
but I don't have deep pockets either, so if the price is right and does 
what I need or want, I'll pay for it. That's why Borland did so well in 
the early days with Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, Turbo Prolog, Reflex and 
Paradox,  their price was reasonable and people bought it. Which makes 
me curious... are there tools for porting the Borland Turbo products to 
Linux?

Yes, I use the PROPRIETARY nVidia drivers for Linux, I like the 
performance boost.  I still use Microsoft, but primarily for SolidEdge 
Origin CAD software and H&R block TaxCut for my taxes. I rarely boot it 
up otherwise, but when I do.... OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, 
Sunbird, FileZilla, Clam AV, Cain&Able, nmap, , and others for the most 
part.

Alvin


cjcox at acm.org wrote:
> Ok.... yall are not listening... this is a joint fair.. there will be windows... there will be expensive closed source sw potentially. Need to name implying choice and we need to be ambassadors for freedom during the event.
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> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Ben Weatherall" <BWeatherall at pdxinc.com>
> Date: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 9:44 am
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Fair needs a new name
> To: "discuss at ntlug.org" <discuss at ntlug.org>
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> How about "Freeware & Shareware Demofest"?
>
> For the Freeware part of it we could not only demo Linux, but wine. We should also be able to demo a couple of distros fir older systems and show how Linux gives new life to "obsolete" hardware. For those who run Windows, have Portable Apps loaded on a flash drive and demo them on the Windows side of the fest.
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> Whatever we do, we should have some live CDs and DVDs (and maybe flash drives) available to sell (at cost) or give away.
>
> Just my $0.02 worth...
> -Ben Weatherall
> Sent from my HTC Hero via Sprint.
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> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Ralph Green" <sfreader at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: Wed, Apr 27, 2011 22:28
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Fair needs a new name
> To: "NTLUG Discussion List" <discuss at ntlug.org>
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> Howdy,
>   I have seen some people agree that we need a new name, but nobody has
> floated any names.  We need to pick one so we can advertise this.
> Nobody I have seen has said we need to keep the name Linux Fair.  I like
> that name, but it would be confusing to the Windows users participating.
> So, what do we call it?
>
>   1. Fair
>   2. Demorama
>   3. Open Kimono Day
>
>  Please suggest others.
> Ralph
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