[svlug] (forw) NEWS: Two Major Linux Orgs Merge

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:21:25 -0800, Larry Cafiero wrote:

> Hey, Rick --
> 
> You're not jumping the gun: The news had been out there since Sunday 
> afternoon (at least), as the New York Times had sent it out on their 
> wire service at that time. As a newspaper editor in Santa Cruz, needless 
> to say I made sure it made the Sentinel.
> 
> On a different note, I wanted to thank everyone for their help and 
> insights at the Installfest on Saturday. While I didn't get my PowerBook 
> G3 Wallstreet up and running at the meeting, the information I received 
> from Paul, Mark, Jason and a couple of others whose names I didn't get 
> (not to mention just listening to the banter in the room) allowed me to 
> get the 'Book installed and running Debian on Sunday.
> 
> Thanks again, all.
> 
> Larry Cafiero

I did not see any Wallstreet Powerbooks at the installfest, but if one
were there, and its hard disk were completely blank, I could get it
running Linux with no MacOS CD's whatsoever.