I was also thinking of my experience in HAL-PC in Houston, which had a teaching network, set up by another symbiotic relationship, with SeniorNet. SeniorNet could get some freebies not available to HAL-PC which had the space and other stuff needed. When SeniorNet wasn't holding classes, the lab was free for HAL-PC to use. SeniorNet tended to have classes in the middle of the day weekdays, so didn't compete much with HAL-PC.
BTW, I've ordered a couple of kits to make hard drives removable. Envision something similar if we progress in relationship with Clickers. We could swap hard drives and keep ours in a locked cabinet and Clickers could put whatever it wanted on its drives. Kits cost $7.50 each and contain both part that stays in 5.25" bay (including fan) and removable holder for 3.5" hard drive. I like the idea of not having a hassle parking and having a few eateries handy. It looks like they may end up with plenty of space and I'd be glad to contribute to the cost of a used lockable cabinet to hold our equipment. They have a nice projector and such stuff. Their present quarters, in the Dean Tower, present problems for Saturday meetings, when the bulk of the Clickers classes meet. However, hardware is hardware, and many of us are both Linux fans and involuntary users of other operating systems, but all use hardware, and Clickers is interested in that, too. The sooner we expand the Linux user base so that we won't need to use another os, the sooner software developers will put out a Linux version along with others, like Opera does now. Noticed also that Opera can be registered at half price by students and seniors. Installed version 6 today. ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
