[olug] Open Source at the Public Library

[Eric Penne]

Don't forget to go the "lighter" route of using TheOpenCD.org for those
who want to use FLOSS without the headache and performance hit from a CD
based distribution.



> I don't know how many people read this article on
> slashdot.
>
> Open Source CD Lending For Public Libraries?
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/15/193231&mode=thread&tid=146&tid=149&tid=99
>
> It got me thinking this is something it might be
> intresting for OLUG to do.  There are a couple of ways
> to do something like this.
>
> Option #1
>
> Buy/donate several copies of "Kiss the Blue Screen of
> Death Goodbye"
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321159985/qid=1071605683//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl14/103-4233303-2024664?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
> to the public libraries.  I don't know if that is tax
> deductible or not.
>
> Option #2
>
> Press a dozen or two Knoppix CDs, put labels on them
> and see if the library will loan them out. Possibly
> put a couple copies of Fedora in libraries as well.
>
> IANAL (I am not a librarian :-) ) but I know somebody
> who is TIM.  I don't know what the Omaha public
> library approach is on this, but it might be a cool
> thing to do.
>
> The idea is almost a year round installfest.  Knoppix
> is pretty safe for the average home user to do.  It
> won't muck with your hard drives and is pretty safe.
>
> We could always master an OLUG knoppix, with the OLUG
> logo and stuff if we thought it would be worth it.  It
> might let people get the software without any pressure
> to play around with it.
>
> Any thoughts on the topic?  Anybody know anybody at
> the  public library to talk to on this topic.
>
> Regards,
>
> Aaron
> =-=-=
> "The Journey is the Reward" - Old Zen Buddhist Saying
>
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