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<DIV><SPAN class=598340001-18122008><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff>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...)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=598340001-18122008><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff>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...)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=598340001-18122008><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff>anyone have a 4-port KVM switch handy? (or at least "just
video"?)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Miguel Hernandez<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:54
PM<BR><B>To:</B> SGVLUG Discussion List.<BR><B>Subject:</B> [SGVLUG] Potential
meeting topic: ¨Linux OS Bake-off¨<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Cool
distros that might get discussed:<BR>Ubuntu <insert flavor
here><BR>OpenSUSE<BR>Debian<BR>Fedora<BR>Sabayon
Linux<BR>gOS<BR>OpenGEU<BR><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><BR><BR>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.<BR>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).<BR>Who knows, maybe putting those results up on the main SGVLUG page
would garner more attention & hopefully even more folks at our meetings.
:)<BR><BR><BR>Just some thoughts. I hope I´m not overstepping any boundaries
or making more work for all of our
admins.<BR><BR>--miguel<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>