[Penguicon-Concom] Fwd: Linux Live CDs

[Jessica Zerwas]

My good friend Damion made a suggestion that I was
sure might be awesome to look into. I'm not sure I
agree with the closing of the gap part, but everything
else looked like it might be nice.

"There are two distinct populations at PenguiCon: the
Linux users, and the sci-fi fans.  (There is
admittedly some overlap, but there are some
definitive divisions.)  There are sci-fi fans that
come to the conventions that would love what Linux
could offer them if they tried it, but the
circumstances of their life have simply not properly
exposed them to it.  PenguiCon could solve this by
distributing free Linux Live CDs at their room parties
at other conventions, and on the
give-away table at PenguiCon itself [and possibly
other vectors as well].  The cost involved in doing
this are simply buying blank CDs.
    I have been attending PenguiCon since it first
began.  I only started using Linux this summer.  I
love Linux now, and I can guarantee that if a Linux
Live CD had been given to me at the first
PenguiCon [or at a room party at, say, the prior
ConClave] then I would have been happily using Linux
for the past 5 or 6 years instead of a mere few
months.
Introducing the sci-fi fans to Linux via free Live
CDs could also help to close the gap between the two
populations at PenguiCon.
    Since there are many distributions of Linux,
choosing which one to put on CDs to be distributed by
PenguiCon needs to be considered.  The creators of
Ubuntu Linux have invested a lot time into creating a
Linux distribution for all humans, not just Linux
"geeks".
   Conveniently enough, since I saw on a flier [or
booklet page?] at ConClave that one of the developers
of Ubuntu Linux will be a guest-of-honor at the
upcoming PenguiCon, Ubuntu seems like a good choice.
    I could probably even utilize the fancy CD burner
at my work to create some slick looking Ubuntu Linux
CDs that include PenguiCon on the CD face.  (My boss
_might_ want some nominal financial compensation for
the use of that machine though.)  (If I took the time
to learn how, I could even make it so that the desktop
background image of the Linux operating system once it
booted on your computer from the Live CD was an
advertisement for Penguicon.)
    (I wish that I had thought to suggest this whole
idea prior to this past ConClave.)"

>    - Damion

*hugs*

J

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