[Ubuntu-ch] Pre-flight checks for Zürich RP presentations
Stéphane Graber
stgraber at ubuntu.com
Mon May 19 10:53:44 BST 2008
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Ramon Cahenzli wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm happy to hear that Lausanne went well :)
>
> I've set up two demonstration machines for Zürich now, one is a backup
> but can also be used by people curious to try Ubuntu.
>
> The specs:
>
> - 1024 MB RAM
> - 3.0 GHz Pentium 4
> - 80 GB HD
> - Ubuntu 8.04 (d'oh!)
> - Nvidia GeForce 6800, some special gamer edition
>
> There are also four LTSP-capable thin clients by Fujitsu-Siemens (Futro
> S300). I have enough keyboards and mice for everything.
>
> I'm currently worried about TFT screens. Do any of you have a screen
> that they could take with them to the RP? Our screen count currently is
> only at 2, one of which is a CRT.
I can bring a widescreen TFT.
> And the most important point for the speakers: What packages do you need
> on the presentation machine? Currently there's a standard Ubuntu install
> plus WINE and the Nvidia driver, nothing more.
I may use some VMs or other weird setup, I'll just plug my own lappy so
I don't get any demo effect or similar problems :)
> You can also send me your presentations or tell me any other things to
> try out beforehand, so that we're certain it works.
>
> Our network is slightly firewalled, but Skype should get through if we
> want to demonstrate this. I will verify this later today.
>
> Whew. That's all for now :)
>
> Ramon
>
Stéphane
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