[SGVLUG] Potential meeting topic: ¨Linux OS Bake-off¨

[Dan Borne]

Tom: I like the idea, however, it would not accurately represent the
distributions; people do things at different speeds, hardware runs
different, et cetera.

2008/12/17 Emerson, Tom (*IC) <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com>

>  I can see two parts to this -- the "here are the cool features that *I*
> like..." and a "who can do this better/faster/easier?" session where folks
> in the audience call out a task and the "contestants on stage" race to
> accomplish it first.  (of course, the more obscure the task, the better --
> not much point in seeing who can "google for bacon wrapped hot dogs" the
> fastest...)
>
> And, of course, while being "obscure", they should be "real world" tasks --
> such as identifying and/or removing duplicate "media" files (songs,
> photographs, movies, etc.) or renaming several files at once to use a
> sequence number (i.e., all the "photos" you took on a given date should be
> sequenced for that date...)
>
> anyone have a 4-port KVM switch handy?  (or at least "just video"?)
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Miguel Hernandez
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:54 PM
> *To:* SGVLUG Discussion List.
> *Subject:* [SGVLUG] Potential meeting topic: ¨Linux OS Bake-off¨
>
> Tom´s thread about the upcoming release of OpenSUSE got me thinking,
> though, about a ¨Linux OS Bake-off¨ as a potential topic for one of our
> upcoming meetings. Having not been involved long enough, I´m not sure if the
> group has had one recently or how well they´re received/attended.
>
> I did think of a twist to the typical bake-off, though. What about
> individual folks coming up for 5-10 mins. to discuss what features they
> really like in their OS of choice? Specifically cool, would be features that
> you tell your friends about when trying to convert them over to Linux- ease
> of use, accessibility, media-ready, pre-installed apps, why you use it as
> your dev. environment, etc.
>
> Cool distros that might get discussed:
> Ubuntu <insert flavor here>
> OpenSUSE
> Debian
> Fedora
> Sabayon Linux
> gOS
> OpenGEU
> <the last 3 are distros that imho are absolutely gorgeous right out the
> box, especially OpenGEU which uses the uber (yet system heavy) Enlightenment
> DR17 window mgr>
>
> I figured the twist would be a good way to get more folks involved. For me
> personally, I don´t think I could I could give a 2-hour talk, but 5-10mins
> isn´t bad. I figure there´s a slew of folks who are similar.
> Thinking further down the line, it´s something we could all build on or
> even take the main points from everyone´s quick presentation & turn it into
> something we could share with other groups we´re a part of (ie. a BarCamp
> presentation or a BoF at a more traditional conf).
> Who knows, maybe putting those results up on the main SGVLUG page would
> garner more attention & hopefully even more folks at our meetings. :)
>
>
> Just some thoughts. I hope I´m not overstepping any boundaries or making
> more work for all of our admins.
>
> --miguel
>
>
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