Re: Installfests (WAS: Re: [ossig] FOSS Meet)

[cdemarco@xxxxxxxxxxx]

On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 01:08:09PM +1100, Colin Charles wrote:

> I'd say offer the few, big, free one's:
> 
> 	Mandrake, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian

If Mandrake or Ubuntu is faster than FC2, then  I'd ditch FC2 - I have
numerous Microsoftie friends who've said they LOVE FC2, except for the
fact that it's slower on their hardware than XPSP2 is.  Counter-points
to that gripe?


> Plenty of power boards

And confirmation from  the  venue owner/manager that the  current from
all these PCs won't trip the fuse(s) you're using.


> Oh,  liability waiver forms. Make them  sign one. Because users love
> their  data, and if they didn't  back  it up  and we ate  it up, its
> really not our fault

And get a lawyer to sign off on the waiver  first - otherwise it might
not cover you  entirely, or (worse yet)  expose you to increased risk.
If a user  can't  write a device   driver, a hacker can't  write legal
docs.


> So, thoughts, comments, brickbats, foo?

There's an Installfest HOWTO, IIRC.  Bar?


> push out  GNU/Linux to wanting folk.  Grab a shopping mall, and we'd
> get the crowd going with us too. Run  it for ~2 days, and definitely

Excellent idea, but where will you  find the kinda  space you need for
an installfest?  


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