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authorP. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net>2011-11-04 14:20:32 (EDT)
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+four step process to raise funds for ACM & increase membership in SIG GNU/Linux:
+ 1. Sell copies of GNU/Linux
+ 2. Invite buyers to SIG meetings for help
+ 3. ???
+ 4. Profit
+
+possible distributions:
+ definitely:
+ Debian
+ versions: 6.0.3, testing by request
+ architectures: x86, x86-64, others by request
+ editions: CD set, DVD set, netinstall CD, sources (36 CDs or 6 DVDs)
+ live DVDs? other DEs?
+ total items: 9
+ x86 CDs (all DEs), x86-64 CDs (all DEs),
+ x86 DVDs (all DEs), x86-64 DVDs (all DEs),
+ x86 netinstall CD, x86-64 netinstall CD,
+ sources CDs, sources DVDs,
+ live CDs and DVDs
+ Trisquel
+ versions: 5.0, 4.5.1
+ architectures: x86, x86-64
+ editions: default CD, i18n DVD, mini CD, netinstall CD, sources DVD
+ total items: 9
+ probably:
+ gNewSense
+ versions: 2.3
+ architectures: x86
+ editions: default, sources (1.8 GiB tar archive)
+ total items: 2
+ BLAG
+ OH NOES, NO SOURCE IMAGES, LEGAL BAD STUFF
+ Dragora
+ versions: 2.1
+ architectures: x86, x86-64
+ editions: default, sources DVD
+ total items: 3
+ Ubuntu (will need a warning label about recommendations of non-free sw)
+ versions: 10.10, 11.04, 11.10
+ architectures: x86, x86-64
+ editions: installable live CD, sources CDs
+ total items: 3
+ Fedora (may need a warning label)
+ versions: 15
+ architectures: x86, x86-64
+ editions: installable live CD, ???
+ source DVD (find sources for live images)
+ total items: 3+
+ maybe not:
+ Dyne:bolic
+ OH NOES, NO SOURCE IMAGES, LEGAL BAD STUFF
+ Parabola
+ OH NOES, NO SOURCE IMAGES, LEGAL BAD STUFF
+
+display:
+ descriptions, screenshots, information about editions
+ provide live images for people to try if they bring laptops
+ otherwise refer people to h-node for information on drivers
+
+time:
+ probably after guest speech
+ so people know what's so magical and moral about this software
+
+kiosk:
+ maybe some kind of Debian testing/unstable system showing DEs:
+ GNOME 3
+ GNOME 3 in fallback mode
+ KDE SC 4.6
+ Xfce
+ LXDE
+ LightDM and different users to show different DEs
+ or some kind of mix of Vs running different OSes