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[BLU/Officers] [Discuss] Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LIV Saturday December 6, 2014
- Subject: [BLU/Officers] [Discuss] Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LIV Saturday December 6, 2014
- From: bill.n1vux at gmail.com (Bill Ricker)
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 19:02:55 -0500
- In-reply-to: <54804C70.4000303@blu.org>
- References: <547888B2.5010701@blu.org> <20141203194356.Horde.1M_m3Q7_55TrcH8DJ7UGaQ7@212.1.215.177> <54804C70.4000303@blu.org>
Since I'm doing a French Spirits tasting in Belmont from 4-7, I'll have to leave 3ish, so will minimally be deploying my gear and rolling it up behind me. Daughter & I will be doing some updates / repairs, but i'll help as much as i can while there. -- bill On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote: > 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 >>> PGP key id: 537C5846 >>> PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 >> >> >> > > -- > Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id:B7F14F2F > PGP Key fingerprint: D937 A424 4836 E052 2E1B 8DC6 24D7 000F B7F1 4F2F > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Bill Ricker bill.n1vux at gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux
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