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SEUL-SEG/Getting started
Hi all. We have decided to get started as SEG reached half of a
'platoon strength' (i.e. 39 individuals). Welcome aboard everyone.
A few opening words on SEG are enclosed below [1]. In a few days,
I'll send in a fill-in-the-blanks message which will be a reference
card (RefCard) for every SEGer participating in the project: the
information (about your skills, field of expertise, training, etc.)
will be coded and used, in the future, in the stats analyses for the
quality control of SEUL.
The system architecture, in SEUL, is beeing coordinated by the
following individuals (in alphabetical order):
Dingledine, Roger <arma@mit.edu>
Ducks, Two <twoducks@globalserve.net>
Luka, Peter <luka@mit.edu>
Walthinsen, Erik <omega@omegacs.net>
A few coders are working in other SEUL related groups.
I'm Aldo-P. Solari (APS) and will be coordinating the SEG. Please,
feel free to introduce yourself so we may know who's around. I
would, like to thank everyone and, particularly, the colleagues from
the FISH-ECOLOGY community for having joined this project.
Cheers to all,
APS
Forwarded message follows:
[1].
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SEUL [Simple End User LinuxExpert Group [SEG]
September 1997
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Welcome to the SEG. Please, save this message for your future
reference and for circulation in the academic and home-computer-user
communities.
* 1. On the Simple End User Linux Project [SEUL].
* 2. On the SEUL Expert Group [SEG]: Mission statement.
* 3. On the SEUL-SEG forum.
* 4. Other fora within the SEUL Project.
* 5. Disclaimer.
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1. On the Simple End User Linux project [SEUL]
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SEUL is a team-project, in part, based at the MIT, and consisting of
volunteers. The aim is to make an easy-to-use, free Linux based,
graphical user interface (GUI) operative system (OS) for Intel based
machines. The OS and all ported applications will be under the
General Public License (GPL) and the free access to everyone is
guaranteed. Several, free scientific packages (maths, stats, data
bases, visual data analyses as well as productivity office suites,
etc.) will be ported to the new system. For more information, you
may like to view the SEUL web site at http://www.seul.org
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2. On the SEUL Expert Group [SEG]: Mission statement
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Also, the SEG consists of volunteers from three main groups:
scientific/academic and non/technically oriented users as well home
computer users.
The SEG will interact with 'coders' (i.e. the programers of the
SEUL project) to produce a high quality, very easy to use operative
system (OS) and ported applications suite. This interaction will be
carried out through the design and statistical analyses of
questionaries which all SEGers should respond to:
You will be requested to download via file transfer protocol (ftp)
the OS and applications to test. Furthermore, you will be asked to
tell what you think an OS should allow (no technical jargon needed),
what applications you need for what tasks, what you feel comfortable
with while working with a personal computer (PC) as well as several
other questions. The final output of SEUL will be the product of
this interaction between the expertise of our programers & the
expert group.
All of this work will be carried out through the net, using
electronic mail and up- and downloading files, electronically.
We, firmly, believe this initiative is a good approach to a better
world. The production and distribution of operative systems and
software tools may go beyond the mere act of coding and and
distribuing products: Consequences to society, through the evolution
of research and education with unrestricted software tools, may come
to be significative. Guaranteed, free software to everyone, as
defined by the General Public License, may change the world for the
better.
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3. On the SEUL-SEG forum
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The seul-seg forum will serve as a medium to gather the information
needed by the project to assure the quality research & control.
Messages should be addressed to:
seul-seg@seul.mit.edu
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4. Other fora within the SEUL project
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Several other lists are available for different tasks within the
SEUL project. A 'lists' command, sent to majordomo@seul.mit.edu
will give you the updated lists of fora related to SEUL.
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5. Disclaimer
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All standard disclaimers for public mailing lists apply to SEUL-SEG.
Messages are distributed automatically and neither institutions nor
individuals affiliated to SEUL, SEG or any other SEUL related
entity, now or in the future, may accept any responsibilities
whatsoever for the use of any products or information received
through this forum.
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This file will be updated as need arises.
Oct. 1997.
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NEW addresses to FISH-ECOLOGY from Oct. '97 and on (please, print):
The server (a robot): <Majordomo@HELIOS.ULPGC.ES>;
The conference: <FISH-ECOLOGY@HELIOS.ULPGC.ES>;
The management: <FISH-ECOLOGY-REQUEST@HELIOS.ULPGC.ES>.
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FE is strictly academic. Reach >2400 scientists in over 60 countries
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