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| DATE | 2002-05-13 |
| FROM | jonathan
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] scheduled demo
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per your request, my CUNY demo segment will show:
multi-platform interoperability: via a mac-powerbook a pc-notebook and,
(if i can get decent video by then) a sun ultra-10. each machine runs a
different distribution: pc=redhat / mac= a yellowdog-mandrake mongrel
/sun = suse
generally, i'll be demonstrating: ease of use, cross-platform
compatibility, flexibility and compatibility of window/managers and
applications, ability to read and write documents in ms formats, true
multitasking.
various office applications:
evolution (including pilot-link)
j-pilot
star/open office 6
applix
koffice
kmail
various window managers:
windowmaker
gnome
kde
various file-managers
kde
nautilus
gmc
ssh
remote xterminal running app on x-client and displaying windows on
x-server. i intend to do something like:
log into the pc from the mac via ssh
run openoffice on the pc displaying windows on the mac
open a file on the mac's nfs share
write the file in a different format to the nfs share
write the file in a different format to the pc
open the file on the pc with a different application
samba
set the mac up as a samba server, run win-4-lin on the pc, and work
with a share on the samba server.
still running win-4-lin on the pc, i'll browse the shares using
the samba client on the mac.
i'd be happy to leave any or all of these things out.
additionally, i believe that in addition to sharing what info we have
with the audience, we should try to get something from them in return
for our generous efforts. i think that "something" should be
information. i am trying to work up a questionnaire that i hope will
provide us info as to what our prospective "customers" know and/or are
interested. in that guise, i hoping to also impart some "fear of
microsoft" via innocent questions like "are you aware of the extent to
which viruses can cripple microsoft-based networks?" .... or something
like that. i'll be interested in any and all help with that as well.
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New Yorker Linux Users Scene
Fair Use -
because it's either fair use or useless....
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