On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:23:37 +0200 Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
Dieter Plaetinck schrieb:
good idea to make this
- out of curiousity: network equipment not provided by froscon?
We need to bring switches and cables ourselves. We'll probably not get as many ethnernet ports as we need. They explicitly wrote it in another mail, but it's stuck in the arch-events queue because of the big attachment, Aaron will have to allow it explicitly when he goes through the moderation queue.
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- presentation machines. seems like we already have 2. I could bring my samsung syncmaster 2032 BW for Gerbra's pc. (it has an dvi and a vga port) Jens could then use his 2 screens on his own pc to show off kde 4.3 or whatever. then we could use gerbra's machine to demonstrate installations. is that okay for you jens?
3 monitors seems like much, but I am in if you think it's a good idea. Last year, gerbra ran a full installation video over and over, and Jens' machine was used for showing off and abusing Arch a lot. I am thinking maybe we need only one machine, no idea.
okay let's figure out what are goals are, how we can achieve them best, and then which hardware we need. goals: - demonstrate installation process. - demonstrate pacman / general Arch concepts such as rc.conf - (show off a DE/WM. many options here: kde3, but also lxde/openbox etc can be interesting and are more KISS. showing a dualscreen setup may be cool as well, but needed? do we even have enough room?) means: - @ installation procedure: it's indeed usefull to have a video here, so we don't have to do it manually everytime a user wants to see it. Gerhard, how did you do the video last year? can you do it again or tell me how to do it? - @ installation procedure: it's also possible to do completely automated installations, but probably not many people are interested in that (you also see no ncurses interfaces and such). maybe we can also make a video and show both videos? - @ DE/wm show off: we need a pc with a tried and working setup, especially if we use dualscreen. and we must be sure users cannot fuck things up. Jens your pc is good for this?
- Hacking dog: Andy . wut?
http://users.archlinux.de/~pierre/froscon/2008/2008-08-23_18-01-20.jpg
ooh it even has a blue collar :) first time i see these pics. Dieter