[Penguicon-Concom] Fwd: Linux Live CDs

[Cry Wolf]

The computer lounge has had the Burn Box for the past two PenguiCons,
but that does require people to go to the computer lounge and burn a
disc.  And the only labelling option is a sharpie.  Printed labels can
be expensive and difficult to apply, and a cd printer isn't necessarily
cheap and requires special cd's or dvd's, although I don't think those
are significantly more expensive).

I have to agree on the pre-packaged cd's from Ubuntu, although there is
a significant problem with that.  Releases are scheduled every 6
months, one in October and one in April.  We wouldn't be able to get
cd's of the latest version in time.

Perhaps Ubuntu would be willing to ship out cd cases, and we burn and
print the Ubuntu discs, assuming PenguiCon owns or has access to a cd
printer. This would also allow us to put out (with Ubuntu's permission)
co-branded PenguiCon Ubuntu discs.

- Marshal

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:04:15 -0700 (PDT)
Jessica Zerwas <twoofdtm at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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