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Today's Topics:

1. Re: LinuxLive 2014 15th March at the Pervasive Media Studio
(Chris)
2. Re: LinuxLive 2014 15th March at the Pervasive Media Studio
(Peter Hemmings)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:52:31 +0000
From: Chris <cshorler@googlemail.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] LinuxLive 2014 15th March at the Pervasive
Media Studio
Message-ID: <a1c91aff-259b-469b-b157-d629cad7b260@email.android.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Angelo Danio <angelo.danio@gmail.com> wrote:
>> We have designed a flyer and would appreciate if you could publicise
>the
>> event in your work place or circulate amongst your many friends!?:
>>
>https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45909169/linuxlive-poster.content.v2c.jpg
>
>For sure I will, only in one thing I disagree : "Got an old PC, need a
>fast PC" people will think to resurrect paleolithic hardware. Also
>Linux to be competitive with other OS need a decent hardware, if you
>want watch youtube, stream music, fast boot etc. We are not a
>community of vintage hardware! The message to pass in my opinion is
>"free, libre and open"
>angelo
>

It's a bit late to keep debating!

A piece of hardware that was purchased running Windows XP can now be considered "old", it will for the most part do what we want it to with a modern Linux distribution.

Chris






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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:05:34 +0000
From: Peter Hemmings <peter@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
To: bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [bristol] LinuxLive 2014 15th March at the Pervasive
Media Studio
Message-ID: <52E4DDEE.1010604@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
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On 25/01/14 22:50, Ian Plain wrote:
> I agree fully with Angelo, TBH running like for like applications you need
> the same hardware.
>
> I think it would have been better to have focused on applications , when
> users see they can use a free office application on their existing PC they
> then don't see an issue migrating to a different OS, moving people to a new
> OS and then telling them , no you can't use word outlook excel publisher
> project means they say no thanks but showing people libreoffice opens and
> saves their documents they can use scribus for DTP and libreproj instead of
> project on their old OS and new Linux OS means the barrier to change is
> removed
> just my 2p worth.

FYI we spent a few hours discussing the above and decided to assume
visitors would not bring unsuitable very old H/W. We will also have S/W
to diagnose unsuitable H/W and will advise against installation if
necessary. We also hope to have handouts on various applications that
are on our 3 remixes with "helpers" who can sow their use.

Rightly or wrongly we assumed few people will arrive with antiquated H/W
and decided we would not offer another more suitable cut-down OS.

Even in our small group we had quit big differences of opinions but we
had to move on and make decisions otherwise there would be no event!

Of course if other members of the LUG want to hold a further event with
different aims, they are welcome to do so.

PS just saw Chris's reply but still thought this relevent!

Regards
--
Peter H



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