[wlug_org] 2005 Weligton Installfest...

[Chris Hodgetts]

Hey, yeah I am all for it tooooooooooo

We disccussed the Newbie mail list for the last one, and decided against it.

We also gave a form with helpful tips last time, but what would be
intresting to know, is how many people signed up to the mail list after
the installfest...

> On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 21:42, Brent Wood wrote:
>> I figure we should decide if we are to hold a Wgtn installfest this
>> year.
>
> I'm all for it. :-)
>
>
>> Assuming an affirmative result, here are some suggestions to kick
>> discusions
>> off:
>>
>>
>> Date:  latish September
>> Day:   a Saturday
>> Venue: Silicon (again)
>>
>> Distro's:   SuSE 9.3
>>             ???
>
> SuSE
> Mandrake
>
> I was thinking (as one does ;-) and I belive we should offer less choice
> in distros.
>
> "Less choice!!!  I thought Linux was about choice!!!!"
>
> Why? because if we only have 2 distros avalible, it makes it much easier
> to support newbies to linux. If we have debian, mandrake, suse, fedora,
> etc, it gets much harder to help newbies out, and it's much harder for
> newbies to help each other out.
>
>
> Also, instaid of just giving a user an installation, how about giving
> them details of someone or a mailing list to contact for support?
>
> Currently, I think people get it, but sort of keep switching from Linux
> to Windows and vice-versa as they can't quite get their Linux system how
> they want it, and are never quite satisfied.
>
> A newbie mailing list could even be usefull - allowing newbies to help
> each other, with more experienced administrators helping out. A mailing
> list aimed at newbies will help them from feeling embarrassed by asking
> 'stupid' questions. Eg: how do I get the console? how do I install a
> winmodem drivers?
>
> I remember when I first used Linux, I had stupid questions like that.
> :*) Linux has improved heaps since Mandrake 6.1, but I bet there are
> still questions like this popping up all the time.
>
>
>
>
>> LiveCD's:   PCLinuxOS
>>             ???
>
> PCLinuxOS
> Knoppix
>
> 2 common livecds.
>
>
>
>> Possible sponsors:   DSE
>>                      Novell
>>                      Dymocks
>>                      Silicon
>>
>> Include presentations (again)
>>
>> I figure we toss a few ideas around this list, flick something to the
>> main
>> list, meet to discuss (much as we did last year)....
>
> sounds good.
>
>
> --
> -- Jethro Carr
>
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>
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