[TriLUG] Cary Swapfest Planning

[Tanner Lovelace]

Aaron S. Joyner said the following on 7/14/04 6:54 AM:

> It's really super-simple to get that far.  There are even little win32 
> apps that will allow you to change the default boot language, etc.  The 
> next step is much harder.  The documentation is inside the compressed 
> file system on the KNOPPIX disc.  I'll have to open that up, change it, 
> and respin the compressed file system in order to change the docs.  Not 
> terribly difficult, just time consuming.

Ah, ok.  I had thought that changing the default language would be
like that too.  Glad to hear there are apps to do it.

> This is definitely the way to go.  There should be documentation w/ the 
> software on how to adapt said cable - if not, well that's the beauty of 
> open source.  The answer is right there, when you compile it.  :)

Ok, I'll work on getting that together.

> APRS would be neat, but will we be able to get a GPS signal indoors?

Well, the example program they were running at the meeting didn't have
a GPSr connected to it.  Instead, it was receiving APRS packets and
displaying information on a local map.  I was thinking we could run
something like Xastir and do something similar.  It could even track
my vehicle, which should hopefully be equipped with a TinyTrak at that
point. (er, assuming they aren't wanting to use the same radio. :-)

Cheers,
Tanner