1. History
   1. Overview
   2. Licenses
2. The Practical
   1. Distributions (Joe)
      
      1. Debian
      2. Red Hat
      3. Mandrake
      4. Suse
      5. Yellow Dog
   2. Compare and Contrast!
      1. Distrowatch A comparison of different distros.
      2. Another comparison
   3. A (very short) Sampling of Software Applications (Joe and Biella)
      1. Gnome
      2. KDE
      3. The Gimp
      4. Open Office
      5. Star Office
      6. Abi Word
      7. Scribus Desk Top Publishing
      8. Xtunes
   4. Where to find software
      1. Freshmeat
      2. SourceForge
      3. Installing and Using Software (biella and joe)
   5. Hardware Inventory (Joe)
      1. Downloads vs Store bought
      2. Mailing Groups
      3. Glue, Groups of Linux Users Everywhere.
      4. Lugww, Linux Users Groups WorldWide
      5. IntallFests
      6. The One Page Linux Manual Home Page.
3. Is Free Software/Open Source a realistic option for your organization?
   1. Urban vs. Rural (Biella)
      1. Urban. Much more realistic. Monthly Install Fests, LUGs willing to help. Can easily establish relationships with local LUGS. Two good example of activist LUGS:
         1. New York Linux Scene
         2. Portland Linux User Group
      2. Rural, not as much so, unless there is a local college. Often there are college LUGS.
   2. What type of Organization?(Joe)
      1. Larger organization with a full-time tech employee, well get them working on Linux!
      2. Volunteer run organization? Much harder unless you have a large pool of programmers to pick from.
   3. Hardware Inventory (Joe)
   4. A Linux/Non-profit Success Story: Using Linux in Organizing
4. The Larger Ethical Issues (Biella)
   1. Peek A Booty
   2. Reptile
   3. Creative Commons
   4. School Forge