In putting together a Linux system for Small Office / Home Office users, a number of thing need to be covered slightly differently from the way that Linux has evolved. The choices aren't always made for technical reasons...

Desktop Linux. Two simple words that, like the phrase "Military Intelligence", are considered to be a tired, tired joke: completely incompatible. What is it that gives that impression, and how can the perception be changed?

Speaker: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Sunday 3rd October 2004 6.30pm, Comlab: http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/about/directions.html (entrance from the door by the car park)

Followed by a visit to the Lamb and Flag.

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