Yes, lots of freebies. I came away with Xandros 2.0 Deluxe (Crossover Office license included), a lot of SuSE stuff (including the stuffed Gecko toy), many free CDs, and a Red Hat emblazoned with the word "Proof" (whatever that means). All this was free, but the best show item I had to pay for: Eric Raymond was tucked away on the sidelines to promote his book "The Art of Unix Programming" -- I picked up a copy and got him to sign it. Really cool show!
Actually two great old Lotus DOS apps would work:
Magellan: would organize the text info in place through its multi-level viewer/indexing system. Easy to use. You can create "meta" files that link to other files using a special viewer, and do indexed concept-based searching.
Agenda: would require text import/entry, but has amazing tools for cutting through it with different "views" and categories. Hard to learn, but powerful when you do.
These are getting harder to find nowadays... try a Google search or use eBay. Run in a DOS emulator under Linux... no need to reformat!
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Yes, lots of freebies. I came away with Xandros 2.0 Deluxe (Crossover Office license included), a lot of SuSE stuff (including the stuffed Gecko toy), many free CDs, and a Red Hat emblazoned with the word "Proof" (whatever that means). All this was free, but the best show item I had to pay for: Eric Raymond was tucked away on the sidelines to promote his book "The Art of Unix Programming" -- I picked up a copy and got him to sign it. Really cool show!
Actually two great old Lotus DOS apps would work: Magellan: would organize the text info in place through its multi-level viewer/indexing system. Easy to use. You can create "meta" files that link to other files using a special viewer, and do indexed concept-based searching. Agenda: would require text import/entry, but has amazing tools for cutting through it with different "views" and categories. Hard to learn, but powerful when you do. These are getting harder to find nowadays... try a Google search or use eBay. Run in a DOS emulator under Linux ... no need to reformat!