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

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Thanks Bill. Chris Allen mentioned to me that he will be attending.
On the down side, I found out that I have to go to a party for a
friend's son who opened a beauty Salon, so I won't have a lot of time to
prepare.

On 12/04/2014 07:02 PM, Bill Ricker wrote:
> 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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>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
>> Boston Linux and Unix
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
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