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

[Jason Riker]

Group,

With all this cool talk about a potential meeting topic the one thing
I'm not hearing is if this will be a go.  It sounds like a cool topic
for a meeting.  I especially like that it's the group making its own
excitement.  Can we ink this for January?

Dan, what distro can you talk about?

Miguel, what distro can you talk about?

Tom, would you talk about openSUSE?

I wouldn't mind speaking about Fedora, although, I know there are others
with more experience/knowledge than I have with it.  (That's a hint for
anyone who wants to step up  ;-)  

Can we get a final on it?

Jason


On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 18:00 -0800, Dan Borne wrote:
> 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
>