[Cialug] Freedom Toaster

[Chris Hilton]

Yea, but it's more fun to claim the term is confusing and rename it.

On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 12:09 -0500, David Champion wrote:
> Well, if it's really "Free", then we should be able to call ours the 
> "Freedom Toaster" too. ;)
> 
> -dc
> 
> chris129 at cs.iastate.edu wrote:
> > Roll your own might provide a cheaper way to build one for any kind of public
> > display; like sponsoring one at a book store or library.  Which makes me wonder
> > if they sell just the shell to put the pc in since that'd be the hardest part
> > to build.
> > We could also just build our on (for the install fest) and call it the "Open
> > Source Cooker" or something ;).
> > 
> > 
> > Quoting David Champion <dave at visionary.com>:
> > 
> > 
> >>Kevin C. Smith wrote:
> >>
> >>>>Hey, Kevin, do you think we can get one of these for the installfest? ;)
> >>>>
> >>>>http://www.freedomtoaster.org/
> >>>>
> >>>>-dc
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Your buying. That's the project I was talking about in the last meeting.
> >>
> >>The site has been slashdotted... but there's a link there for "Freedom 
> >>Toaster Software". I wonder if you can download the software, and "roll 
> >>your own" toaster.
> >>
> >>We obviously want to have CD's ready to go at the installfest, but it 
> >>might be neat to have a PC set up with this as a self-serve thing. Might 
> >>be pretty much just a gimmick, but...
> >>
> >>-dc
> 
> 
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