[CLUG] Next big Irish Linux Day

[Damien Mulley]

> Last year 6 people had £200 cups of tea 

 It was tea and Coffee and biscuits. It was damned good coffee. 
Damned good in the same way as Caviar is damned good as it is 
so expensive. Damned good in the same way that a hand carved 
ivory mouse is great since you know it cost so much to get the 
Black Rhino Ivory. You just treasure every click, even if it is a pain 
to use. The zero ease of use then becomes a feature as its so 
expensive. 

In my non-legally binding opinion I think LAID is not a great name. 
Its a good name - not a great name. I like Linux Expo. LAID will 
just associate Linux with juvenile humour. Its like the "SEX - now 
that I have your attention" type ads. If you are trying to bring more 
maturity and want more more exec cred a name change might be 
needed.

 When I first saw the name LAID last year I just thought it was the 
same type of humour as beavis and butthead and southpark. Not 
very mature. But then again I'm just a dry old bastard.

Why not have a Linux festival ? Linux Fest ? That way you can 
spread it out over a weekend like the Jazz Weekend. Maybe 
getting more tech companies stands and hold it in a bigger place. 
UCC was grand but it was a bit cramped.

 Any chance of getting a Transmeta type device there ? Will they 
be ready by then ? Will this be near the launch date for Genesis 
Europe ? Maybe they could launch at the show ? That'd get great 
press. Know anyone that works there ? ;) 

   This might be a huge drain on resources but, how about a bring 
your computer and we'll install linux for you Stand ? The demo of 
installing last year was great but this could appeal to even more 
people that still had trouble. (Like me. :(  go ahead and laugh) 
Different flavours could be installed throughout the day. There will 
probably be more than enough volunteers. Theres loads on this list 
surely. That will make sure that it gets on more computers. The 
biggest step does seem to be installation.

  A gimmicky feature might be to stream the fest/expo/laid thing on 
the net. It might not get as many visits as the kournikova live in 
wimbledon site but it would get lots of press coverage. The press 
love stuff like that. 
 
One final point (for now), Irelands adoption rate for some of the 
latest technology is really increasing. Why not try to make us the 
country with the largest percentage of linux users per head of 
population. This might need a major press blitzkrieg. Installing the 
OS on as many press peoples laptops and pcs as possible might 
be a good start. Cork would of course have to be the Capital. I can 
see the sign in Cork Airport "Welcome to Cork - the European 
Linux Capital"

Finally, a big buala bos for all the organisers last year. Much Ali G 
type respect to you all. You did a marvelous job. Really looking 
forward to this years one.

.damien