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Re: [LUG] artists and GNU/Linux: Falmouth College

 

On Tuesday 19 June 2007 11:19, james kilty wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Some of you have some expertise in programmes for artists. Would anyone
> of you be prepared to lead a meeting at Falmouth Art College. I have
> started the ball rolling with a friend who is a member of the teaching
> staff there. I quote most of his reply. Maybe from small beginnings???
>
I cant make it to falmouth but if anyone can give them a quick show of Blender 
I'm sure they'd love that! 
Tom te tom te tom

> "Secondly we are in the grip of the very same MS (Wintel) you revile;
> those of us with other ideas rarely meet to talk - your intervention has
> at least provoked that.
> Thirdly for some, the solution is an affectation for the Apple product;
> less virused, more lovely (oh such whites and greys), more intuited
> interfaces in easytorun OS environments.
>
> SO
> taking the linux route may not seem to have great benefits -
> BUT there ARE those of us who:
>
> want to get off our locked down network PCs
> aren't afraid of the command line
> recognise that most work is done within the application
> believe in open source and its value to the higher education community
>
> and would welcome an opportunity to talk this through.
>
> I'm suggesting that you may be best to talk to a broader audience in
> September/October.
>
> Meanwhile why don't you come along to a talk I'm giving of some
> tangential interest on sustainability and open source CMS on July 3rd,
> 13.30-15.00.
> Were you to come lunchtime we could chat then in the 'salon' you could
> see the nature of some of your audience perhaps.
>
> I'll send you a link to the session next week; it'll be part of this
> series
> http://www.ires.org.uk/news.htm";
>
> james kilty
> http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk
> out of action as demon homepages have been down after their transfer to
> another server


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