[GNUz] Ubuntu, hackfest, SFD1

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all,

Just a final post from my WartyPreview4.09 partition, before Hoary5.04 
overwrites it. 4.10 will remain, in the interim, until 5.10 (which 
sounds useable? tho unstable now). I like this distro, as an intro to / 
easier Debian, and it keeps working well (PCMCIA modem on wvdial). The 
5.04LiveCD shows the upgrade worthwhile (thanks Jim); soon we may be 
able to update the installs fully without overwriting the partition, 
like Gentoo & SuSE (or have I just missed this option?). I still have 
projector/ATI problems on my laptop platform, but KDE is the solution 
until Gnome gets it right. Yet ongoing testing is mostly to find the 
distro that sets up my SLmodem most readily, after which (Gnu/)Linux 
becomes saleable, from a serviceperson perspective.

Have fun at the Ubuntu conference Jim. Would you be able to do a summary 
talk for GLU? There is keenness here.

Having given Jim, Nick & Zane forenotice of my Installfest suggestion 
for this year, it is hereby publically shared:
http://clug.net.nz/index.php/HackFest
Thoughts & responses most welcome! :-)

And just to confirm that there has already been sufficient interest to 
run Software Freedom Day <http://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd0.html>1, lined 
up for Saturday 10th September. Ubuntu seem to have become sponsors, and 
NZOSS are positive about involvement too. 'Be there or be [::]'

Kind regards,

Rik