JD, With due respect to the sensitivity surrounding the name of etherape, you can't just capitolize things at random in Linux/Unix. A search will not find EtherApe and you couldn't run EtherApe because it's name is etherape (lowercase). Case is critical in Linux/Unix so we need to be careful about mangling the case just to lean toward being politically more correct. Given that, I don't really know what to do with the name. I hope the author changes it before he graduates and moves on to another project. :)
You mentioned always having at least 1 person at a Linux table. I say we must always have at least 2, incase one needs to duck out for something while we have equipment on display. As a demo, I was just thinking of having etherape running all the time and probably samba and maybe apache which can serve our website to netscape or something. Much of this could actually be done on a single machine too. I think it would be great to show people they can run a word processor and a spread sheet program in linux. We don't need a scheduled demo for those kinds of things. Wayne "J.D. Abolins" wrote: > At 02:34 PM 2/10/02 -0500, Wayne wrote: > > > At TCF... > > It would be nice to have a network demo and maybe > > show etherape. > > Please make sure to render the util's name as EtherApe (like a primate). > Don't need TCF visitors freaking out or getting a rather sleazy crowd. <g> > > <snip> > > One thing that concerns me, as I think of bringing > > my equipment, is the safety and security of the > > equipment. It's easy for laptops and things to > > walk away if they are unattended in an environment > > like that. > > One option is the Princeton PC Users Group drop-off/pick-up service in the > parking lot. The PPCUG has provided an excellent service for years by > keeping an eye on equipment purchased at the show. A donation is > recommended and well worth the price. > > One of the things that needs to be done in pre-show prep work is making > sure that whatever equipment people bring is secured. > > > And then what about my hub and whatever else? > > I can lend my spare hub that I use just for the meetings for the duration > of the show. We should crimp up some net cables from a spool. I can provide > some from a Cat 5e spool I have. Perhaps, this would be a good meeting > presentation: How to cut and crimp your own cables. > > > Volunteers and scheduling and committments may be > > basic to whether we should even consider using any > > equipment or providing demos of what Linux can do > > or anything showy or fancy. > > Yes. I blieve that it is quite feasible to pull off having a table as long > as we start with the foundational stuff first. > > Level 1 (the most basic): Have at least 1 person at the table at all times > of the show. Get literature and regional LUGs' contact info out. Get > paper-based sign ups. Doesn't require the table sitter to be Linux adept. > Low in security needs. > > Level 2: Have a computer available for sign-ups (with or without Internet > connection; some big advantages using local sign up database and mirror of > the Web site). Has some skills and security needs. > > We could achieve a level 1.5 by having the computer part-time as long a > level 1 is satisfied. > > Level 3: Linux demos and Q&A. Does require a Linux system or two. > > Could be done part-time. If we know that Wayne or somebody willing to do a > demo is scheduled for a particular slot, we can put up a sign like "Be sure > to come back at 2:30 today to see how Linux and Windows can work together." > A big advantage is that it can get a bigger audience and waste less time > repeating the same spiel 40 times. > > Bonus: Check against the speaking schedules and see if there is hook into > something a particular session discussed. Contact the speaker and mention > the possibility of a follow-up. > > It is Level 1 that should be met first. Anything else can be done > part-time. But if level 1 (warm body --preferably alive and human-- at the > table and getting word about regional LUGs) must be covered. > > Thank you. > > J.D. Abolins
