This is one of many short video segments which will be added to the Digital Tipping Point (DTP) archive.

This series of 3 segments features Lindependence 2008 organizers Ken Starks and Stephen Rufle talking about their Lindependence 2008 project and its place in the broader Linux movement. This series of segments is Take One, as opposed to Take Two, which can be found here:

http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv531_ken_steve_take_two_001.ogg

The purpose of this video is to support a DTP story about Lindependence 2008, which is an event planned by Larry Cafiero, Ken Starks (aka Helios) and Stephen Rufle to persuade a town of 6,000 people to try out Free Open Source Software for one week, starting July 28, 2008. On July 13 and 15, 2008, there were town meetings at the First Presbeterian church on Highway 9 in Felton for the purpose of familiarizing people with GNU-Linux, and helping them with any issues that they might have in using Linux. This video was outside the Felton Presbyterian Church under a bench surrounding a shady tree.

In segment 002, the guys talk about their wives' computer use and impressions of the Free Open Source Software movement. Ken's wife uses Linux, and Steve's wife uses a Mac. On the topic of women in the Free Open Source Software movement, Ken plugs Carla Shroder, one of the global leads of LinuxChix.org and the author of Linux Networking Cookbook, a book on Linux systems administration.

In segment 002, the guys talk about Steve's support of Ken's Linux donations projects. The topic moves to Ken's trip from San Francisco to Felton. Larry Cafiero picked up Ken late from the airport and dropped him off at the hotel room where Ken, Steve, and Steve's two teenage boys crammed into one room. Ken says it was a circus. The guys finish off this segment by talking about Linux migration strategies. They agree that it is key to support a new user after the first installation, and the say that it is important to try to find ways to commercialize that support. They cite Apple Care as an example, which is a service that Apple provides to purchasers of their computers.

In segment 003, Steve jokes about his local Linux Users Group, Phoenix Lug, saying that the group goes by the name of "Penguins in the Desert. Ken talks about some of the unexpected challenges of pulling off Lindependence 08, including the cost for postage, fliers, and the work of creating a handbook to document their efforts. Ken wonders if Europe is making more progress in moving to Free Open Source Software, but Steve says no, it is the same issue as in the US -- funding the migration of end users to Free Open Source Software. This transitions their conversation to the role of money in the Free Open Source movement. Steve had an idea for getting people to contribute just one dollar per month to Free Open Source Software, but says that it needs to be an automatic deduction to work. Ken says that advertising on TV would help the movement, but Steve says that YouTube and radio are more well-suited to promoting Free Open Source Software. They conclude by talking about Steve's role in that day's upcoming installfest and demo. Steve says he will be selling his stuffed penguin plush toys and that he and his teenage sons will be roving around helping answer questions and doing installs.

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