[SGVLUG] Potential meeting topic: ¨Linux OS Bake-off¨

[Emerson, Tom (*IC)]

I can see two parts to this -- the "here are the cool features that *I* like..." and a "who can do this better/faster/easier?" session where folks in the audience call out a task and the "contestants on stage" race to accomplish it first.  (of course, the more obscure the task, the better -- not much point in seeing who can "google for bacon wrapped hot dogs" the fastest...)
 
And, of course, while being "obscure", they should be "real world" tasks -- such as identifying and/or removing duplicate "media" files (songs, photographs, movies, etc.) or renaming several files at once to use a sequence number (i.e., all the "photos" you took on a given date should be sequenced for that date...)
 
anyone have a 4-port KVM switch handy?  (or at least "just video"?)

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From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On Behalf Of Miguel Hernandez
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:54 PM
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Subject: [SGVLUG] Potential meeting topic: ¨Linux OS Bake-off¨


Tom´s thread about the upcoming release of OpenSUSE got me thinking, though, about a ¨Linux OS Bake-off¨ as a potential topic for one of our upcoming meetings. Having not been involved long enough, I´m not sure if the group has had one recently or how well they´re received/attended.

I did think of a twist to the typical bake-off, though. What about individual folks coming up for 5-10 mins. to discuss what features they really like in their OS of choice? Specifically cool, would be features that you tell your friends about when trying to convert them over to Linux- ease of use, accessibility, media-ready, pre-installed apps, why you use it as your dev. environment, etc.

Cool distros that might get discussed:
Ubuntu <insert flavor here>
OpenSUSE
Debian
Fedora
Sabayon Linux
gOS
OpenGEU
<the last 3 are distros that imho are absolutely gorgeous right out the box, especially OpenGEU which uses the uber (yet system heavy) Enlightenment DR17 window mgr>

I figured the twist would be a good way to get more folks involved. For me personally, I don´t think I could I could give a 2-hour talk, but 5-10mins isn´t bad. I figure there´s a slew of folks who are similar.
Thinking further down the line, it´s something we could all build on or even take the main points from everyone´s quick presentation & turn it into something we could share with other groups we´re a part of (ie. a BarCamp presentation or a BoF at a more traditional conf).
Who knows, maybe putting those results up on the main SGVLUG page would garner more attention & hopefully even more folks at our meetings. :)


Just some thoughts. I hope I´m not overstepping any boundaries or making more work for all of our admins.

--miguel


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