Debian Events Box
This was already announced back in February 2011 (blame ?Luca Capello...) and it is something that Debian really needs. Two perfect examples are the European and North America GNOME Events Boxes.
All the material in the box should be available according to the The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), thus there should be a debian-events-box package in the Debian archive containing all this kind of stuff (quite surely under the Publicity umbrella).
absolutely needed
- 1x case
2x Pelicase PL-1500 (432*290*155mm) are available from the video team
LucaCapello: they are really too small, i.e. one is not enough for everything (not event for the 17" LCD) and moreover they do not have any wheels
Pelicase PL-1650 (72.5 x 44.5 x 27 cm) seems to be the best option, given that the Pelicase PL-1660 (71.6 x 49.9 x 44.8 cm) looks too deep
- 1x demo PC
when helping organizing booths, Axel Beckert usually brings his ASUS EeeBox
- 1x 17" LCD
- 1x keyboard/mouse
StefanoZacchiroli: the GNOME folks seem to use wireless stuff for this; they are more expensive but I can see how they could help in 1) keeping clean the booth table and 2) allowing people to play with the OS more easily...
- 1x Wi-Fi AP with a 4-port hub
Buffalo WHR-G54 (used at DebConf)
- 2+ power strips with worldwide adapter
- "related" plugs should be connected to the same strip to avoid spare cables around the booth
- various network/VGA/USB cables
- lockable cash box
debian.ch should already have one
debian-flyers - Print Advertising
- at least in English, better if both in English and the main language the event is taking place in
- foilstickers
T-Shirts - DebianArt proposals
d-i multi-arch or live CDs/DVDs
at Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2011 there were 32-bit DVDs given away for a simbolic price
stuff to do with a demo box
Thanks to Alexander! The following should be done automatically by the debian-events-box package, something like
# apt-get install debian-events-box # debian-events-box setup
- Create a Demo-User with all sudo-rights on everything.
Install LibreOffice.
Use Alexander's presentation; it contains a makro, which with you can run in endlessly.
Install virtualbox and in it a BabelBox.
- why not libvirt + QEMU/KVM?
Install xpenguins and xpenguins-applet (often a good eyecatcher).
Check if local mirror works.
I usually have a local mirror with me on expos. If you have to show something to a visitor, you don't want him to wait till you finished download a dozent packages via slow conference lan
use either cdn.debian.net or internal APT mirror resolver
Some random ideas of for improvement of the above:
- Is there a way to automate setting up the babelbox?
check Lars's vmdebootstrap and fboxlite
- Is there a way to enter the name of the conference and languages to be displayed for the presentation without having to edit it?
- Is there a way to include (random) comments from the users of out user list on the web?