[Cialug] InstallFest 2010?

[Josh More]

I agree with regards to the demos and training idea.  We'd discussed
doing something like that earlier this year, but it never really came
together.

I've also been considering having an InstallDocumentationFest, where we
don't so much just install things for people, but we deliberately
install things in wacky ways and update the Ubuntu and OpenSUSE wikis. 
The alternate install documentation seems to be aging, and I worry that
those of who are experts in this stuff aren't doing our bit to keep the
community documentation up to date.



-Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC 
 morej at alliancetechnologies.net 
 515-245-7701

>>> David Champion <dave at dchamp.net> 11/19/09 6:10 PM >>>
The answer is: Yes, you just volunteered to organize it. :)

We've done several of them in the past... the attendance has been really

poor for the last few events, possibly due to a lack of advertising. 
Back in the "good old days", when Linux was harder to install and 
configure, an Installfest was a good way to help new people out. Now 
Linux is really easy to install, run off a live CD, or a VM image, so an

Installfest has limited appeal.

I think having people do demos and training on Linux and F/OSS apps may 
be more popular?

-dc

Matt Breitbach wrote:
> I would love to see something like that - I can get most things up and
> running, but having hands-on people to talk to while running into
issues
> would be great!
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [Cialug] InstallFest 2010?
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> Hey guys, so far I've gotten all my friends at school to switch to 
> Ubuntu and I was wondering if we are going to be having an 
> InstallFest 2010 here in Des Moines? 
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