[ale] ALE NW meeting was a success?

[Dow Hurst]

The drives are not wiped so the installs are still there.  We could have a 
look at set of specifics for all three or any individual distro for the May 
meeting.  Is Ray setup for April?  If not and he wants May then April would 
work.  I like an organized meeting so would prefer to have an outline with 
specific goals.

Many women I've met are more interested in applications than in the OS and 
installation.  We should have an end user application oriented meeting focused 
on KOrganizer or Instant Messaging under Linux.  Maybe a female on the list 
would suggest topics for presentations that would appeal?  My wife likes 
email, games, and occasionally printing or scanning.  Other more technical 
oriented women could have a variety of interests such as digital photography, 
software development, biological research, or tracking recipes.  An 
application that tracked online clothing prices would appeal to a lot of 
mothers needing to outfit kids but are on a budget.  Just an idea,
Dow


Geoffrey wrote:
> Matthew Magee wrote:
> 
>> On Thursday 25 March 2004 06:20 am, Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I think the three way install was too much.  It was too difficult
>>> to focus on any one install, much less pick up useful information
>>> from all three.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think that we would have been better served by doing the installs
>> before the meeting.  All three of those distros are designed to be
>> very easy to install, and one could expect that any difficulty would
>> be due to a glitch rather than an inherent design flaw in the install
>> process.  With all the machines up and running, there would be a
>> decent amount of time to compare/contrast the distros.
> 
> 
> But the one of the main points was to see how true they were to their 
> 'easy to install' claim.  Xandros, for example, initially proved to be a 
> challenge for Ray, who is quite experienced with various flavors of Linux.
> 
>> Once everybody is in, a poll can be taken to determine the
>> applications that are important for an average user.
> 
> 
> I agree with this to the extent that I would have liked a follow up 
> meeting to do the contrast/compare.  I like the idea of the side by side 
> installs, but I'm just not sure how to present it with out it being 
> chaotic.
> 
>> As for the young lady in attendance, I am surprised she stayed as
>> long as she did. It was a free-for-all, and historically, women have
>> not fared well in such environments.
> 
> 
> Likely so.  I think we need to work on this issue.
> 

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