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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