[wellylug] SFD/installfest 20th September

[Jethro Carr]

On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 13:11 -0700, pcreso at pcreso.com wrote:
> I did ask here about interest from WellyLUG about such an event, & my
> thanks to those who responded, but there was not enough interest to
> really make the event worthwhile. Kudos to Jethro for taking it
> further & getting more support from elsewhere. Count me in where I can
> help.
> 
> As you may know, I'm an OpenSuse user these days, & am not that
> familiar with Fedora or Ubuntu, & frankly, for a genuine installfest,
> targetting novices & new installs, I'm not sure why Centos is there.
> As a supposed free Red Hat clone for a server environment, it may be
> fine for experienced users/administrators, but surely not in a 'fest
> type event?

CentOS is for those who request it, primarily I plan to install Ubuntu
on systems.

In the past I've had slightly more clued up users requesting particular
distributions, and CentOS is ideal for someone wanting a redhat-style
distribution with a longer support life.



> Some general comments; Linux is now trivial to install, often easier
> than Windows these days, so the traditional installfest where experts
> install Linux on users PC's are not particularly useful.
> 
> Many people play with it, look at LiveCD's, etc, & if they require
> help it tends to be with hardware drivers, modems, WiFi, some USB
> devices, etc. So I suggest the install component should focus on
> technical support for such problems, rather than basic installs.
> 
> I'm not sure what is intended by Tech Demonstrations, but the point of
> SFD is generally low-tech, & about apps such as Open Office on Windows
> as it is Linux. Demos of OpenOffice, & I think Firefox with some of
> it's plugins, like fireftp, foxytunes, flashgot, and other
> enhancements like Compiz, etc, all of which make life easier & more
> fun for the user would be useful.
> 
> I think it may be difficult to have one small event which caters to
> the linux tech capable user, like project hack, and at the same time,
> does not portray Linux & FOSS to the non or novice user as something
> for hackers/geeks only. But I hope we can bring it off. 

I agree with your points Brent, and will talk to the other organisers of
the event to see what they are planning to demonstrate in order to make
the event attractive to new users.

-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog

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