Re: report on last meeting

[stappers@xxxxxxxxxxx (Geert Stappers)]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 09:01:44PM +0100, Jan Stap wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 03:09:28PM +0100, Jama Poulsen wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 03:20:58PM +0100, Joost van Baal wrote:
> > > A small report on the meeting, so that people who weren't there know
> > > what they've missed :)
> > > 
> > > About 13 people attended the meeting, which lasted from 20:00 to 03:00.
> > > Henk Kuijpers gave an excellent presentation about the introduction of
> > > Open Source and GNU/Linux at the Rabobank.  (Thanks to Kees Stravers and
> > > Stedelijk College Eindhoven(?) for supplying the beamer!)
> > 
> > Yes, thanks for the Rabo presentation and the SCE beamer!
> > The presentation really sparked some interesting and funny dialogs.
> >  
> > > What do people think about the space at my place?  Was it OK?  Should we
> > > look for another location? 
> >
> > The room is excellent, with the large table in the center, kitchen,
> > different furniture, the terras (and the beamer :-).
> 
> Sorry for the late reaction, but I fully agree. Joost: I liked it very much 
> at your place.

And this is even a more late reaction on that great meeting.

>  
> > > For sure I very much enjoyed the meeting; C u next time!
> > 
> > me too.
> > 
> > Perhaps next time we should allow people to request a presentation type?
> > Something they would like to know more about. After people cast their vote
> > on a topic, some people could prepare for a small presentation and help
> > guide the discussion.

Yes, I think the meeting should start with a talk.
It gives a clear start of the meeting.

> > 
> > Some ideas:
> >   - Setting up a XFree86 based thin-client system with 'old' hardware
> >     and a fast server.
> >   - Explain and demo free software games (freeciv, bzflag,
> >     free quake engine mods, flightgear, egoboo, gtkgo, etc.)
> [..]
> 
> If I can find the time, and people are interested, I can give a small demo 
> on doing a Debian network install with an alternate kernel (e.g. in case 
> your hardware is too new for the default kernel & drivers to support both 
> disk and network as I encountered last year).

The network install is one of the more interresting topics to me.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jan Stap

Cheers
Geert Stappers

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