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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Software Freedom Day 2010 - Arch Hurd


From: Michael Dorrington
Subject: Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Software Freedom Day 2010 - Arch Hurd
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:00:56 +0100
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Michael S. Walker wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I tried to find a more specific email address (like, to someone
> organising SFD2010) but failed, so I hope this ML is the appropriate
> place for this message.

It is! [1]

> I am the project founder for Arch Hurd=E2=80=94you may have heard of us=
,

I've heard of you. Or perhaps that should be, I've Hurd of you. :D
But then I'm interested in the Hurd, I did a MFS talk including it:
GNU's Not Linux: kFreeBSD and Hurd kernels for the GNU System
<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/2010-06-15>.

I'm currently working on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD but this should help with
Debian GNU/Hurd (and Arch Hurd) long term. The kFreeBSD debian-installer
work has helped getting the Hurd debian-installer. Would be great to
chat to you.

> a
> project to port Arch Linux to the GNU Hurd platform=E2=80=94and was won=
dering
> if it'd be possible for us to do *something* at SFD2010.

Most definitely yes! One very useful thing is to tell everyone you know
about the event especially those that might be into free software (more)
if only they knew about it.

> I suck at any
> form of group/public speaking (perhaps next year, after I get a feel
> for the event this year=E2=80=A6),

Its all fairly relaxed (well, if you aren't the organiser it is) with
people running their stalls, demo'ing ad-hoc and informally chatting. At
last year's event several people that attended said that they were
interested in a more explained Ubuntu install demo and so we[2] set a
time (so as to give a chance to gather more people) and then ran it.

> so I was thinking:
>=20
>  * setting up a demonstration computer in the "PCs running Free
>    Software for you to try" thing,

Yes, this is good.

>  * bringing LiveCDs (I'd actually have to make a fully working one
>    first, eep)

That's good.

>  * just giving a demonstration to anyone who wanders by

That's how we roll. :)

> So, what'd be the process for doing that=E2=80=94just arrive early with=
 a
> computer?

I'll put you on our SFD wiki page. Set up is from 8am-10am, with event
starting at 10am. Though it doesn't hot up until a little later (11am?).

Regards,
Mike.
MFS Chair.
Team Leader, SFD2010 in Manchester.

[1] Perhaps I should put the team email address on the SFD wiki?
[2] By 'we' I mean Leslie. :)

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