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

[Colin Charles <byte@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:47 +0800, cdemarco@fastmail.fm 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?

Doubt it - if you're using GNOME/KDE, its the same. Keep in mind that
the GNOME you see in FC2 is upstream GNOME (ditto with KDE) - so Ubuntu
will have the same exact slowness. Mandrake uses KDE, and I have no idea
if they patch or its as the same as upstream

So if XP seems faster, FC2 or Ubuntu (from a desktop, GNOME perspective)
will be the same. Maybe you'd like to join those profiling GNOME and
cleaning out all the ridiculous things that happen with bad code...

Of course, make them run XFce4 (also in FC2) and that'll just rock

> > 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.

2400W on each power socket. That could be about 10 computers on each
power socket, thanks to power boards. 1 phase power supply. Remember,
450W PSUs in PCs still don't use that much energy
(correct me if I'm wrong, my physics is rusty)

> > 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.

It just needs to be simple... I have a sample if required. 1 page, just
state name, details of your computer (so you dont think we swiped
something while you were away), say we're not responsible for data loss
(if any), or hardware failure (yes, installing Linux will kill your
hardware :P if its already meant to die..that is)

> > So, thoughts, comments, brickbats, foo?
> 
> There's an Installfest HOWTO, IIRC.  Bar?

No idea, never had to read it, and still enjoy doing it

> > 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?  

Mall? University campus hall? 

Here in Melbourne, we've done it at university halls, town halls (do we
have these in M'sia?), (girls) boarding school, and even a mall. By far,
the most popular were the first three though...
-- 
Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my
http://www.bytebot.net/
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, 
then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi


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