[sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Linux dual boot on Basement Computer bank?

[hol at gaskill.com]

Agree with the sentiment as well, and to this last point all I can say 
is the dual boot proposal encourages more use of the area, those 
computers, and maybe opens up opportunities for more free classes at the 
Omni.  I have not seen anyone using them - logging on was my first 
instinct and I was surprised to see them all locked down.  Ed's proposal 
seemed completely sensitive to the need to retain 100% effectiveness in 
Windows OS and just adding a small partition to allow additional use 
cases.

Going back to the very beginning of Omni space use discussions, there 
was alot of concern about groups getting exclusive access to and 
'balkanizing" (not my words) this library area, in the process turning 
away a small number of potential member collective proposals for 
exclusive use of one of the three smaller rooms to themselves, who were 
willing to make appropriate financial commitments toward Omni solvency 
as part of the arrangement.

That said, there has been a proliferation of materials and equipment 
accumulating in the main basement common areas without any visible 
evidence of stewardship. It would be unfair to single out GCEA 
specifically because they have actually brought valuable and useful 
equipment, that people want to use, while other areas sit silently 
obstructed by stashes of material have not been scrutinized in the same 
way.

If we're not going to hold every common space steward to the same 
standard of maximizing usability for all, why hold GCEA to this higher 
standard?

On 2017-11-09 10:02, Yardena Cohen wrote:
> I'm searching my email for "basement computers" and "basement GCEA"
> and I see a few different threads going back to this summer, all of
> them involving people being confused and asking questions and
> complaining that they have Windows. But I'm not able to find any
> record of the delegates or the commons working group actually talking
> about designating that space for GCEA. Can anybody point me to meeting
> notes about this?
> 
> Personally, I think if GCEA has a legitimate need for these computers
> in order to do their work, we should accommodate and help them make it
> "official", whatever that looks like. Maybe they should be
> acknowledged as stewards of a commons in the basement just like
> Sudoers are stewards of a commons in our (relatively large) space.
> 
> At this point, anytime I see a new group enthusiastic about using
> Omni, my instinct is to encourage and welcome them rather than hit
> them with a bunch of rules. I get sad seeing the building empty and
> would like to have more people around.
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