Am 10. Jan, 2005 schwätzte der.hans so:

OK, obviously no one cares, so we'll go with what I want.

alternative debian-based distros.

ciao,

der.hans

> moin, moin,
>
> OK, we have an east side meeting coming up this week and a west side
> meeting in a couple of weeks.
>
> OK, for the past few years I've set up the January topics to be
> alternative something or another as a way to start the new year.
>
> Some past presentations were:
>
> alternative boxen ( PDAs, etc. )
> alternative distros
> alternative architectures ( CPUs )
>
> I would like to continue that because I think it's fun.
>
> I highly encourage the alternative presentations being audience
> participation nights. People can give a short description of whatever it
> is that they want to cover. We've gotten to see some really cool toys this
> way.
>
> So, we need to choose one topic and start preparing for it :).
>
> Some 'alternatives' I can think of.
>
> alternative formats
>         Some possible alt formats:
> 		png
> 		svg
> 		OO.o formats
> 		GIMP's native format
> 		RSS <-- is it really a format?
> 		dia/kivio formats
>
> alternative browser - e.g. other than konq, moz/firebird and galeon
>         maybe galeon is now alternative
>         Some possible alt browsers:
>                 epiphany
>                 OO.o
>                 dillo
>                 amaya
>                 links
>                 links2
>                 lynx
>                 emacs
>                 w3m
>                 netrik
>
> alternative info viewing
>         rss feeds
>         auto downloaders such as dailystrips and stripclub
>         gutenbrowser
>
> alternative live CDs
>         might've done something like this, but I think it was just
> something
> 	in any case, it's certainly grown since it was last covered
> 	some possible alt LiveCDs:
> 		gentoo, mandrake, SuSE, etc. live CDs
> 		LiveCDs for non-x86 architectures
> 		LiveX
> 		SkoleLinux and other derivatives of Knoppix
>
> alternative toys
>         geek toys of all kinds
>         software packages that are fun to play with
>                 openuniverse
>                 ssystem
> 		blender
>
> alternatives to devices
> 	Myth TV rather than VCR
> 	asterisk/VoIP rather than phone
> 	Mr House vs. whatever might've done the things it does
> 	Maybe this could be part of the toys subject
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>

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