[wellylug] Installfest Sounds Great!

[marchetti]

This is probably a big ask!

Apart from installations of, say, Ubuntu 8.04,  I for one
would like to have installed a virtual box installation. If
that is the right description. So I could enjoy my current
OS (8.04), but run other OS' concurrently. One that
interests me is Fedora 9, which is an OS that can be
installed. 
Dual booting also interests me, but I understand this is
technically challenging, 
in that Windows-based products are "difficult" to get to
"share" disk
space with another OS, so maybe one should stick with
virtualization. Another thing I am interested in is the
installation of drivers so I can hear the audio of video
clips using Ubuntu 8.04. In the longer term, it would be
good if there was an "easy" way to reconfigure Windows-based
USB stick HDTV tuners. While the July 2008 issue of Linux
Journal had an article on doing just that, it was based on
Ubuntu 7.1. I do not know if the method could be adopted to
8.04 or the next upgrade, 8.1. 

What about a short dissertation on what needs to be done
after installing an open source OS - like operating a
printer, a scanner? Is Ubuntu set up to do easily operate
things like these? 
It seems to me that to get the best out of, say, Ubuntu, one
needs to know 
quite a bit about it.While, like all open source OS', an
immensely popular
product, the wave of the future, to the chagrin of
Microsoft, use of it does require patience, perseverance,and
focus. At the end of the day, the more people use open
source OS, the quicker the demise of over priced, and
inferior Microsoft products. Stick to basics at
Installfest??

Cheers, all, have a good weekend.
  
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> From: Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com>
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> hi all,
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> Wellylug will be running an installfest on 20th September
> as part of a bigger Software Freedom Day event.
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> I have uploaded details to the Wellylug website:
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http://www.wellylug.org.nz/index.php?page=installfests/installfest08.php
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> 
> Please do forward this link to anyone who might be
> interested in attending.
> 
> If you aren't interested in the installfest, there are
> also other events going on during the day, including a
> hackfest and a barcamp, which consists of various informal
> presentations.
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> regards,
> jethro
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