[CentOS-promo] Re: [CentOS-devel] centos@linuxtag

[Dag Wieers]

Hey Axel,

On Fri, 11 May 2007, Axel Thimm wrote:

> What hardware does CentOS like to use for its booth?
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/Events/LinuxTag2007 says
> 
> # Who brings a demo-system ?
> # Anything else to demo ?
> # Demo-system (maybe big screen or projector) (Anyone?)
> 
> If you could detail this a bit more, I can ask around for some bits
> and bolts (I'm living in Berlin). I can't make any promisses, though.

Well, it all depends on what we want to show. At FOSDEM we had a system 
with a big TFT screen to show compiz in action. Now, everybody nowadays is 
doing this (LinuxWorld Brussels had all Linux booths showing this) so we 
may have to advance it a little. Maybe showing slideshows at the same time 
and/or starting applications on some faces of the cube.

I'd like to see if we can take the same TFT screen with me, but it would 
of course be easier if we don't have to transport it 800km or we find 
something better.

We have triangular booth, so one or two projectors/beamers would be an 
advantage as we can show both directions a message. Beware that beamers 
will not be enough as we have to need a screen to display on as well 
according to the organisation. So it might not be possible or too 
expensive.

I'll bring a laptop, ralph will as well and possibly others too. So in the 
worst case scenario we just display a few laptops to show off CentOS on 
laptops. (Do make sure that most functionality you want to show works and 
is tested on your laptop !)

What are we going to demo ? CentOS, as an Enterprise Linux has many 
practical uses: servers, appliances and desktops. Servers is hard to show 
off except for management/reporting applications, appliances could be 
VOIP/VDR setups, desktops would be the compiz setup with interesting 
GUI applications.

If you can fill in one of these, feel free to do so :) I can give you 
access to the wiki if not already so.

It would also be nice if we could document the setup of a demo-system so 
that other people can build on that next event.

Kind regards,
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