[Discuss] Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LXVI reminder Saturday February 10, 2018

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

How did the installfest go in this location?


On 02/08/2018 02:45 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Boston Linux Installfest LXVI
> When:  Saturday February 10, 2018, from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
> Where: Morse Institute Library
>         Innovation Studio second floor
>         14 E. Central Street
>         Natick, MA 01760
>         Plenty of free parking in the city parking lot on South Ave
>         behind the library
>
> 	Map:
> https://www.google.com/maps/place/Morse+Institute+Library/@42.28436,-71.345798,17z
> /data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e387ad9d0241a9:0x42dacd80cae8a42d
>
> 	https://morseinstitute.org/studio/
>
> Also, the library staff requests that you register for the event. This
> helps their head count.
> Please go to the Morse Library event page:
> http://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/m/morse/ek.cfm
>
> Scroll down to the Feb 10th event, and click on Register.
>
> The Innovation Studio is on the second floor of the library. The library
> is a couple blocks' walk from the Natick Center MBTA commuter rail
> station. From the station, head south down Washington Street, crossing
> over South Avenue. You'll pass Dolphin Seafood on the right and
> Agostinos on the left, then you'll pass Court Street on the right. The
> library is the building to the left at the end of the road where
> Washington meets East Central.
>
> 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 images that you can try out and then install.
> This can be copied to DVDs or USB sticks.There are a number of USB
> creators, such as UNetbootin (https://unetbootin.github.io/). Both
> Fedora and Ubuntu have a USB creator built in.
>
> 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 - https://getfedora.org/ (Fedora 27 Live DVD/USB)
>         * Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com ( 16.04.3 LTS DVD/USB or 17.10)
>         * other distros can be downloaded at the Installfest
>
> 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. Live images require about 1.5GB. I usually have some USBs
> prepared or can easily burn a USB.
>
> We usually have both a Wired and Wireless network available.
>
>
> 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 5.1.18
> (http://www.virtualbox.org.) is free and is available for Linux, Windows
> 10, 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.