[Cialug] Installfest thought

[Theron Conrey]

Kevin C. Smith wrote:

>On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 00:05 -0400, Kenneth Ristau wrote:
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>>Kevin C. Smith wrote:
>> >>From cialug.org front page:
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>>>Who are we?
>>>A Group of Free *nix Enthusiasts that live in Central Iowa. 
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>>OK, point taken. *wipes egg from face*
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>>But to make a counterpoint, how many non-linux-kernel distros will we
>>offer to install at the Install Fest?  *BSD, Minix, Solaris?
>>Personally, I would not feel comfortable installing any of those, but
>>other's in the group might.
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>>Please don't take me wrong here.  I'm just playing Devil's Advocate in
>>order to get our limits defined.  I agree that the FSF and Open Source
>>Initiative are crucial elements of the Free *nix movement, but I want to
>>suggest that we focus on what an Install Fest is all about -- installing
>>Linux.
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>>I agree it is a good idea to have a meeting of all Install Fest
>>interested parties (at Taki's perhaps?).  This is starting to gain
>>enough momentum to warrant an Install Fest Committee.
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>>later,
>>kristau
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>In the past I've offered to install FreeBSD as a option, but to be
>honest no one ever took it up. And, now I haven't done a BSD install for
>so long I would have some trouble.
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>Basically, I feel we should help install whatever they want; barring any
>copyright issues. But, it is a Linux Installfest and that is the focus.
>The presentation (how this all started) should also focus on Linux. It 
>is difficult to understand Linux, without a historical perspective 
>which includes Unix (BSD and friends), Free Software, and the recent 
>Open Source "initiative".
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>I actually think we all basically agree. It's just a matter of how much 
>do you hit the FSF perspective in an introductory presentation. 
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>I believe most people will just want their computers to work. So, they
>aren't going to care if the Nvidia driver is not "Free" as long as 
>they get good FPS while playing Quake3 (a non-free game).
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point taken.