[Ubuntu-SG] Software Freedom Day plans

Billy AM billy at ubuntu.sg
Mon Sep 7 07:23:33 UTC 2009


Table size? No idea about that. For posters , sure we could have more if we
could. For security I doubt its necessary since there will be someone at the
table at any time. Of course a cable lock would do nicely too.

regards
Billy


On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Muhammad Heidir
<dave33bravo at yahoo.com.sg>wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 11:11 +0800, Billy AM wrote:
> > Wow ... I told the FOSA I be there alone on that day. I guess I have
> > to changed my speech again. And my apologies for underestimating the
> > Ubuntu-sg crowd. I should have guessed there will be alot more people
> > in times of needs. Seems we will be the biggest club there again. Ho
> > ho ho! Btw , if you guys need $$$ tell me. I ask FOSA for it. How many
> > tables you guys need? We are in the middle so we can't just add them
> > on the day.  The plans are here
> > http://sfds.foss-alliance.sg/PublicExhibits
> >
> > regards
> > Billy
>
> How big is the table size are FOSA providing? Last year's SFD, we had 2
> tables. My guess is 3 tables for this year. Since we have more laptops,
> we can showcase more stuff.
>
> Ho Yi Hao, no worries bro, You can always boot up Live from USB and show
> it to the world what Ubuntu can do without installation. No need to
> touch the hard disk, ever....
>
> Billy, seriously, do you need any A3 size prints? I can print in both
> colour and mono. I will be printing all the handouts by end of the week,
> once I get the A4 and A5 sheets. Anyone knows where to get A3(yes A3)
> and A5 sheets?
>
> One more thing, anyone able to provide Cable lock? For security
> purposes.
>
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Ho Yi Hao <hounited1 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >         Hi Heidir,
> >
> >
> >         Thanks for the info, will try to be there if possible. Not
> >         really sure if i want to bring my netbook there or not unless
> >         someone have got ubuntu ready for me to boot. Currently having
> >         MSI U100 plus running xp sp3 which is new so haven got linux
> >         on this guy yet.
> >
> >
> >         So hope to be there and shall try to be there~!
> >         cheers,
> >         with regards,
> >         Yi hao
> >
> >
> >
> >         On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Chow Loong Jin
> >         <hyperair at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >                 On Monday 07,September,2009 10:04 AM, Muhammad Heidir
> >                 wrote:
> >                 > [...]
> >                 >>> 3. The switch which I intent to bring has 16
> >                 ports. The router can always be connected to the
> >                 switch or the other way round.
> >                 >> That sounds pretty awesome. Speaking of which, from
> >                 what I've heard, NLB has a
> >                 >> 512k line which will probably be shared out via
> >                 WiFi and LAN on that day.
> >                 > I have a wireless broadband, 7.2Mbps capable. Just
> >                 need to get this
> >                 > fixed up for sharing. I worry the 512k line will lag
> >                 too much.
> >
> >                 Great! The 512k line is almost guaranteed to lag,
> >                 speaking from experience. My
> >                 home connection is 512k and it's bad enough with one
> >                 main consumer. Get a 512k
> >                 connection and share it over 100 or so and you're
> >                 doomed to fail.
> >
> >                 > [...]
> >                 >>> 1. Netbook - Netbook Remix
> >                 >>> 2. XPS - Ubuntu + Edu stuff and games
> >                 >>> 3. Frets on Fire (Loong Jin)?
> >                 >> I've got that installed on my notebook.
> >                 > Great, ready to play!
> >                 >
> >                 >>
> >                 >>> 4. Customised Ubuntu? Mac-a-like, Win7-a-like,
> >                 funky-theme
> >                 >> Mine's themed a little like Mac, but not completely
> >                 like either. (Docky, Aurora
> >                 >> Smooth Gtk+ theme)
> >                 > Will be good enough. I'm thinking whether it will be
> >                 possible if you
> >                 > could create different accounts for different
> >                 themes? Just a suggestion.
> >
> >                 Actually I think switching themes is faster than
> >                 switching accounts, but I'll
> >                 look into that possibility, yes. I'll see if I have
> >                 enough space for KDE4 as well.
> >                 >>
> >                 >>> 5. Gaming? (Urban Terror) we can hook up 2 or more
> >                 systems, any system actually, be it Windows or Linux
> >                 and play online
> >                 >> Well if we've got a switch, then this is a definite
> >                 possibility. I'll bring my
> >                 >> mouse along then. Also, we should bring the
> >                 installer along on thumbdrive or
> >                 >> something for those who don't have it installed.
> >                 > Urban Terror does not need to be installed. Just
> >                 copy the folder and
> >                 > click on the appropriate executable file. Easy and
> >                 simple! All in one
> >                 > single package for both OS.
> >
> >                 Ah, okay then.
> >
> >
> >                 --
> >                 Kind regards,
> >                 Chow Loong Jin
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Muhammad Heidir
>
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