Re: Ohio LinuxFest Booth

On Thursday 11 September 2008 09:50:08 Melanie wrote:
> Actually, I spoke with JD last night and we liked the idea of stickers
> that have the url on them.  I would expect most people attending are tech
> savvy and even if they could give a rat's about the sustainability (hey,
> they might) they're probably more interested in getting their needs from
> the web vs crap that sits around.  Though everything mankind does involves
> the environment, the products that can be made from recycled goods and/or
> can be recycled is obviously ideal.
>

I was one who favored the idea of ditching the CD's before, but I think I was
more geared to the OSCon/Linuxworld crowd. Now, having though about it some
more, I think there is something to be said for having a live cd, where users
1) dont have to wait for a download (yeah, it isnt large, but the perception
might be) and more importantly 2) they can completely bypass the installation
process. Yes, I know most people dont think installing postgres is hard, but
if you tell someone to apt-get postgres, and 5 minutes later they are staring
at IDENT errors... well, this is a barrier that a live cd's get's you past.

Don't get me wrong, I think stickers and pins would both be pretty good ideas
too.

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Robert Treat
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