Re:Linux Demo Days - Request Fo..

[Adam <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>the demo day activities go.  The event is will be sometime between September
>12 and 18, so we do have some flexibility on scheduling.  We should pick

I may be able to help out if you have it on the 18th.

>2.  People.  We need people there to show off linux, and what they do with
>    it.  I hope we can help people install linux on their PC's also.  Any
>    and all other suggestions are welcomed.

See above.  I'm leery of helping people with install's off-the-cuff as they
more often then not know nothing about thier machines or bring in something
very odd.  And Linux ends up looking bad to bystanders.

>3.  Hardware.  We need some PCs, and networking equipment to show how all
>    this great stuff works.  I have some hardware I could bring in including
>    a hub, but that means dismantling my home network, so I hope someone else
>    can help with this.  I am not only looking for PC's running linux, showing
>    how well it can co-operate with other Alternative-OS's would be nice also.

KLUG has an ethernet hub, Token Ring MAU, and several ISA token ring cards.  If
I can make it on the 18th I'll be willing to bring my server from home.  It has
netscape, star office, postgresql, z-mail, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, an FM radio tuner
card, soundcard, two dumb terminals, and a HP895 color printer attached.  And
I could bring a couple of the boxes (old 486's) that are used as X terminals
so more than one person can use the machine at ounce.

>Anything else people can suggest, please do, I don't have much planned yet,
>except finishing and showing off my new "What Linux Is" sales pitch.

Just don't forget to focus on the corporate end too.  Sometimes in trying to
pitch Linux for Low End home use on possibly old machines people fail to
mention how well it fits into corporate systems.  With LDAP (PAM & NSS), 
ipchains, IP Type-Of-Service, Multicast, QOS, tunnelling, SMB/Netware/Apple
integration, as well as backends such as Oracle and Informix available it
has some REALLY $^@##@!% BIG BANG for the buck.