To: debian-news@lists.debian.org Subject: Debian booth at the Pluto Meeting, Padova, ITALY From: "Nils Lohner" <lohner@debian.org> Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 09:27:05 +0200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org/ Debian booth at the Pluto Meeting, Padova, ITALY September 27, 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> News On september 24 & 25 the Pluto Meeting 1999 <http://meeting.pluto.linux.it> has been held in Padova, ITALY. The Meeting was hosted by the University of Padova (DEI). Debian was present with a booth kindly offered by the Meeting organization and sponsored by PROSA <http://www.prosa.it> that lent us two machines: an UltraSPARC and an Alpha (both running Debian.) A third machine (an i386 laptop) was present, running potato (Debian 2.2), GNOME and apt. Almost everyone was amazed by the little box automagically upgrading itself and installing programs at visitors' requests. PROSA also printed about 100 Debian t-shirts and donated them to Debian people who sold them all in just one hour. The t-shirts were designed (using the free logo) and manufactured by MIXAD <http://www.mixad.it>. MIXAD "donated" its work to debian by charging PROSA for the cost of the raw materials only. The revenue (about 750 US$) will be donated to SPI <http://www.spi-inc.org/>. The Debian booth was a big success, even if the gnome-mahjong duel was won by the RedHat people. Many thanks to the organization, to PROSA and everybody who stopped by the booth to talk, hack or ask questions. See you there next year. >> About Debian Debian GNU/Linux is a free distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system. It is maintained and updated through the work of many users who volunteer their time and effort. Linux kernel based operating systems are POSIX based, freely distributable, and includes features such as true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, proper memory management, TCP/IP networking, and other features consistent with Unix-type systems. It is used by individuals and organizations worldwide. >> About Pluto Pluto, recoursively defined as "Pluto Linux/Lumen Utentibus Terrarum Orbis", was born in 1992 as the joint effort of some students and teachers of the Department of Electonics and Computer Science at the University of Padova. The group has since grown exponentially, expanding to all parts of the country to become Italy's largest LUG. >> Contact Information For further information, please send email to the Debian Italian Press Contact <press-it@debian.org> or visit the Debian homepage at <http://www.debian.org/>. For more information regarding the Pluto please visit the Pluto web page at <http://www.pluto.linux.it>. For more information regarding PROSA please visit the PROSA web page at <http://www.prosa.it> -- Federico Di Gregorio E-Mail: fog@debian.org Debian Italian Press Contact Press: press-it@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-news-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org