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[Fsuk-manchester] Re: The Return of The Basement
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Simon Ward |
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[Fsuk-manchester] Re: The Return of The Basement |
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Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:42:53 +0000 |
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On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 07:12:30PM +0000, Tim Dobson wrote:
> Hi Dave
>
> For those of us who couldn't get to FSUK-Manchester meeting, or don't
> spend much time in central manchester, perhaps you would like to
> explain what is meant by:
>
> *The Basement
> *the IT Working Group
> *The History behind the whole thing
> *An idea of what you propose about this cluster, and FSUK's involvement in it.
The following should be a start:
http://thebasement.clearerchannel.org/new/
> I suggest we attempt to make the proposed cluster a showcase of
> desktop GNU/Linux
You know, I’m all for free software, I advocate it where possible; the
Basement guys apparently do too. But when you talk about making
something a showcase for GNU/Linux, I get a little put off. You don’t
“make” something a showcase.
I’m sure plenty of opinions on that will differ here…
> Oh and if you can talk nicely to matt lee, go for it.
Already done, I believe.
Simon
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A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
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