Quoting Paul Sutton <zl...@zleap.net>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Rob Beard wrote:
<snip> >> That sounds like a great idea, I bet something like that could work at >> LUG meetings, or in our case down in Torbay, possibly at one of >> Paignton's new venues which will hopefully in the next couple of months > > They would like this sorted ASAP, so by Feb if possible, From talking to > tyrone the sooner the better. As it will be a source of income for them > which at present is lacking, the cafe will bring people in for a start. > > I can't help on the server side, i don't know anything about servers, > apart from they are bigger and more powerful than desktops so they can > do more stuff and provide different services to the internal / external > network. > Servers don't have to be bigger or more powerful than deskops, my home server is only a P4 3GHz with 2GB Ram and lots of hard drives. If I could afford it I'd replace it with a nice small Atom based machine (actually with the savings in power alone could possibly pay for itself in a year). >> get an Ubuntu based internet cafe. I dare say having an Ubuntu hour >> there would be good as not everyone going to the venue in Paignton would >> be there as part of the LUG so it might be possible to spread the word >> to others. >> > Plus they are already ubuntu orientated. > Yep this venue I mention above will hopefully be running an Ubuntu based LTSP installation. Being a 'music cafe' they might even be able to do some African themed music and sell cans of Ubuntu cola :-D I'm hoping we can get the LTSP installation installed by April, then with any luck we could hold a local Ubuntu release party :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
