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



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
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>>
>>
>
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> Boston Linux and Unix
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