[wellylug] SFD/installfest 20th September

[Sam Vilain]

Jethro Carr wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> Unlimited Potential, NZOSS, SuperHappyDevHouse and CWAMedia are holding
> an event on Software Freedom Day (20th September) to promote and
> encourage the use of OSS.
> 
> This event will consist of:
> * Barcamp
> * Installfest
> * Tech demonstrations
> * ProjectHack - join in to hack on a particular project.
> 
> Wellylug has been invited to run the installfest component of the event,
> and I have said that I am happy to organise a team to run it.
> 
> At this stage, we plan to offer Ubuntu, Fedora and CentOS distributions,
> as well as some disks with OSS for Windows. Main focus will probably be
> on Ubuntu (due to the long support life) but Fedora and CentOS being
> available on request.
> 
> So - who will be available on the 20th September, and is interested in
> helping out on the day, performing installs, debugging wifi and solving
> other problems?
> 
> From previous years I have found that visitors to installfests have
> often managed to install Linux themselves, but need some knowledgeable
> people to fix issues, such as wifi driver problems.
> 
> The venue has yet to be decided, but I suspect it will be in the CBD
> somewhere.

Yeah I'll be able to help out too.

Any venue ideas yet?

Sam