[Discuss] Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LIV Saturday December 6, 2014

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Thanks Marcia.
John and I would like to get some suggestions for improvement.

On 12/03/2014 02:43 PM, Marcia K Wilbur wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been working on updating the Installfest Howto and received input
> from a few groups. I am almost ready for revisions but was hoping I
> might get something from Blu.
>
> Since your installfest is this weekend, if you have any suggestions
> about how to improve installfests or just things that work for you
> that you may want to mention, please let me know.
>
> Any ideas, suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcia Wilbur
>
>
>
> Quoting Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>:
>
>> Boston Linux Installfest LIV
>> When:  Saturday December 6, 2014, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
>> Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061
>>        2 Amherst St, Cambridge
>>        Plenty of free parking in the parking lot in front of E-51.
>>     http://mitiq.mit.edu/mitiq/directions_%20parkinge51.htm
>>
>> Please note that Wadsworth Street is under construction. You can enter
>> Ames St from Memorial Drive, and take a right onto Amherst St.
>>
>> What you need to bring: Your computer, monitor, power strips and your
>> Linux distributions. We do have copies of some distributions.
>> In general we have expertise with most distros, but if you need special
>> expertise, please email the BLU discussion list in advance. Today, most
>> distros are using Live CDs that you can try out and then install.
>> Additionally, CD images can be pushed onto USB sticks using various USB
>> creators.
>>
>> COST: It's free! However, we DO have expenses, and contributions are
>> welcome. Please consider contributing $25 per machine.
>>
>> Our volunteers will help you to install Linux on your own system.  While
>> Linux runs on most systems, some systems do have configurations and
>> hardware that may not be supported. Please consult the following web
>> pages for hardware compatibility. While we prefer you to bring your own
>> distros, our volunteers will normally have
>>
>>       Linux Howto Pages: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
>>       Linux Frequently Asked Questions: http://tldp.org/docs.html#faq
>>     Additionally, there are forums and listservs for most distros.
>>
>> Generally our volunteers have sets of the latest Fedora, SuSE and
>> Ubuntu distributions:
>>       * Fedora - http://fedora.redhat.com (Fedora 20 DVD/Live CD/USB)
>>       * Open SuSE - http://opensuse.org (OpenSuSE 13.2 - DVD/Live CD/)
>>       * Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com ( 14.04.1 DVD/USB)
>>
>>
>> We generally have them on local drives and can burn CDs/DVDs and
>> USBs.Since there are many variants of these distros, we advise you to
>> bring an empty USB stick with sufficient memory to hold one of the
>> distros. LiveCD images required under 1GB, full DVD images for Fedora
>> require about 4GB, and OpenSuSE needs 8GB. I usually have some USBs
>> prepared.
>>
>> We generally have both a Wired and Wireless network available. The
>> wireless SSID at MIT is "MIT".
>>
>>
>> In addition, you can run Linux on your Windows PC through a virtual
>> machine manager, such as Virtualbox. You can install this in your
>> Windows machine and run Linux as a guest OS, or install it in your Linux
>> machine and run Windows as a guest. VirtualBox 4.2.6.
>> (http://www.virtualbox.org.) is free and is available for Linux, Windows
>> 8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Additionally, there are also
>> some VMWare clients that are also free for Windows.
>>
>> Lunch is generously sponsored by Bluefin Technical Services, John Ross
>> and Ron Thibeau
>>
>>
>> Please refer to the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further
>> information and directions. Parking is free and available in front of
>> the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to
>> your left down 1 floor. Room 061 is opposite the elevator.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
>> Boston Linux and Unix user group
>> http://www.blu.org
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
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