[vox] RE: [vox-announce] CD burns needed for WEF and GTC events

[Jimbo]

I have found a new knoppix ver in torrent that I am trying to d/l.  5.2.  N=
ice look and the best part, I see that it supports most wifi cards.

Problem is since it is so new it is only available through a few sources.  =
Bittorent tells me that my est. d/l time is 15 days.  I don't even know if =
it is in English.

My 2 cents:
I think that for the masses live cds/dvds are the way to go and there are s=
ooooooo many distros out there it is unreal.

Linux gurus might be all into the shell, line commands and only one flavor =
of Linux but these people are not the norm.  People want pizzazz, color and=
 eyecandy.  People want what windows gave them throughout the years WITHOUT=
 the crashes, vulnerability, restrictions and monopoly cost.

I have been looking into Linux flavors for some time now.  It is very inter=
esting to see how it all has morphed.  The only thing that truly gets me do=
wn is the compatibility issues with hardware, especially with the video dri=
vers.  I have recently found out that NVIDIA sold it soul to the devil (Mic=
ro$oft) for then to solely have rights to pre bundled drivers. Maybe someon=
e can clarify this finding if deemed wrong.

I am a mechanic and although I can fix almost any type of car problem there=
 is,  that doesn't mean that I know computers and things associated with it.

Rock on Esteban.

Jimbo


  ----- Original Message ----- =

  From: Esteban Neck Perez Retamozo  =

  To: vox at lists.lugod.org =

  Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:06 AM
  Subject: [vox] RE: [vox-announce] CD burns needed for WEF and GTC events


  What distros do you need?
  I have many distros, most of them are DVD-Lives and DVD Linux distros.

  ESTEBAN


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  > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:17:39 -0700
  > From: nbs at sonic.net
  > To: vox-announce at lists.lugod.org
  > Subject: [vox-announce] CD burns needed for WEF and GTC events
  > =

  > =

  > LUGOD is planning to attend the "Whole Earth Festival" at UC Davis
  > (http://wef.ucdavis.edu/ - May 11-13), and is hoping to attend the
  > "Government Technology Conference" in Sacramento
  > (http://www.govtech.net/events/ - May 16-18).
  > =

  > One of the things LUGOD does at these kinds of events is hand out free
  > software CDs, such as Linux live CDs, Linux distro installers, and
  > Open Source software collections for Windows.
  > =

  > Volunteers are sought who can help produce these CD handouts.
  > So, if you have a CD writer, blank discs and some free time, please help
  > us out!
  > =

  > For links and more info., visit our WEF and GTC planning pages:
  > =

  > http://www.lugod.org/projects/wef/
  > http://www.lugod.org/projects/gtc/
  > =

  > You can discuss these events on our 'vox-outreach' mailing list:
  > =

  > http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/#vox-outreach
  > =

  > Thanks in advance,
  > =

  > -bill!
  > pr at lugod.org
  > http://www.lugod.org/
  > Linux Users' Group of Davis
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  > vox-announce at lists.lugod.org
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