[wlug_org] Installfest update

[Sam Cannell]

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On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 02:53:05PM -0800, Wood Brent wrote:
>=20
> Seats, screen, reasonable projector, LAN connection. Prob worth a visit t=
here
> to nut such things out if we decide it may be worth progressing this??

Good plan... I'd be keen to wander out there at some point and take a
look.

> Sweet. Is the one gonna be enuff? If we pre burn a few Knoppix, Mandrake,
> (whatever) CD's, hopefully we won't have a queue for the one box.=20

I don't imagine it being a major problem - it only takes about two
minutes to write a CD.

Though if anyone does have a spare, I've got room for another 5.25"
device, as well as USB2 and Firewire if someone has an external one they
can loan.

> I'd like to leave personal opinions out, as they are held by people who a=
re not
> novices, and tend to massively underestimate the impact of both their own
> familiarity/expertise and the difficulties novices have getting PC's up &
> running.

Good point.  I didn't actively promote the Debian mirror I had there
last time, although a couple of people did ask if we were able to do a
Debian install.  I'll do the same this time. :)

I'd say it's probably a good idea to only promote one or two
distributions, but have a wide range available if people do turn up with
a particular distribution in mind.

> > * Was everyone happy with the registration site I did last time, or
> >   would something else be better?
>=20
> It was a good idea, but I'm not sure the pre-registration covered many of=
 those
> who actually turned up. A book where installees can record some details o=
n the
> day, with a comment as to how useful/interesting it was & any suggestions=
 for
> improving it may be worthwhile on the day, then some lucky person can ent=
er it
> into a db. I guess I could carry out that role. Not too much of a strain =
on my
> technical skills :-)

The main reason I put the registration page together was so that we
could get some idea of any special hardware that people had that we may
need to organise drivers for, rather than a log of everyone who
attended.

> Can we organise some structured way of building a list of files/iso's/pac=
kages
> you have collected, and making this available? Maybe a web page listing w=
hat
> you have with an email link to the above address for suggestions?
>=20
> Is an installfest wiki feasible or overkill?

All of the above? :)

But yeah .. I'll jot down a list of what I have tonight and put it up
somewhere. :)

Cheers,

Sam

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