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

[Jenny Ryan]

i appreciate this convo, and you all!

from a previous conversation with Almaz, the aversion to linux is simply
lack of experience with it. dual-boot starting up into windows sounds like
a good compromise if Almaz is alright with it. Tho, it would be great if
someone could facilitate an Intro to Linux class for GCEA and the youth
they work with, demo'ing standard alternatives to microsoft apps such as
LibreOffice.

(apologies for suggesting without volunteering, but i'm not really able to
commit to any other projects atm)

other replies:
* hol - the basement is considerably clearer now thanks to the work party
on monday (shoutout to liblens crew for holding it down!). if anyone can
come help load up ed and possibly ian's trucks tmrw afternoon for a dump
and ewaste run, i believe folx are meeting around noonish :)
* ed - i normally turn the upstairs monitor off before i leave, but
sometimes forget and for some reason keep not changing the settings. tx for
the reminder!
* the label-maker is currently in the office, in a drawer opposite the
window labelled 'labels and labellers' (so meta) and has a full spool of
tape, also. i love labels. hear hear, patrikd!

<3

On Nov 9, 2017 2:31 PM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:

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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