[TriLUG] linux and winders integration - request for speakerfor tntug

[Sinner from the Prairy]

On Sunday 11 May 2003 10:5710am, Jim Ray wrote:
> You'll have to educate me on Knoppix.

See what Konppix (actualy, Augustux, a Knoppix version) did to a 
politician in Spain. Some "jewels" of the article 
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,58764,00.html: 

Belloch, currently a Zaragoza councilman and previously Spain's minister 
of justice, insists he's not a particularly technically inclined 
person.

"I'm doing this only because I fell in love with Linux."

Belloch began his romance with Linux four months ago, after meeting with 
a local Linux users group. Members were invited to a meeting to discuss 
open-source software and the possibility of providing free wireless 
access to Zaragoza residents.

"These guys were just amazing," Belloch said. "They were very different 
from other kinds of activists I've worked with. They were not 
demanding, shouting or even asking. Instead they were actually doing 
things.

(...)

That night Belloch got a copy of Linux, the "Augustux" distribution 
coded by a local geek called Charro. (Zaragoza was founded by the 
Romans and originally called Caesar Augusta, hence the name Augustux -- 
an homage to history and Tux, the Linux mascot.) 



Salut,
Sinner
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