[vox-if] [Fwd: Installfest RSVP]

[Trevor Lango]

| -----Original Message-----
| From: vox-if-admin@lists.lugod.org
[mailto:vox-if-admin@lists.lugod.org]
| On Behalf Of Jonathan Stickel
| Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:18 AM
| To: vox-if@lists.lugod.org
| Subject: [vox-if] [Fwd: Installfest RSVP]
|
| Here is another who already has Linux installed and wants
configuration
| help.  This seems to be software specific; others need help setting up
| hardware.  I'm going to tell him software help is low priority, but to
| come at 1pm and see if someone is available.  I'll also point him to
| vox-tech.
|
| Has there been a LUGOD IF policy along these lines in the past?  Is
this
| a good idea?  Generally, I don't think installfests should be a place
| for people to come for software help; IFs are meant to help people
| install Linux on their specific hardware.
|
| Do let me know if I'm way off base here.
|
| Jonathan
|
|
| -------- Original Message --------
| Subject: Installfest RSVP
| Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:50:39 -0800 (PST)
| From: apache@livepenguin.com (Apache)
| To: nbs@sonic.net, if@lugod.org
|
| Installfest RSVP
|
| Name: James Maciokas
|
| Email: jbmaciokas@ucdavis.edu
|
| 03_CPU: Pentium 4 / Compat.
|
| 04_Speed: 1700
|
| 05_RAM: 256
|
| 06_HD_Sizes: 20GB
|
| 07_Video: ATI ?
|
| 08_Monitor: ViewSonic
|
| 09_Laptop-Brand:
|
| 10_Laptop-Model:
|
| 11a_HW-Printer-Desc:
|
| 11b_HW-Sound-Desc:
|
| 11c_HW-Modem-Desc:
|
| 11d_HW-Network-Desc:
|
| 11e_HW-Scanner-Desc:
|
| 11f_HW-Camera-Desc:
|
| 11g_HW-MP3-Desc:
|
| 11h_HW-Game-Ctrl-Desc:
|
| 11i_HW-DVD-Desc:
|
| 11j_HW-Other: PDA
|
| 11j_HW-Other-Desc: Samsung (i330) i have a serial cable
|
| 13_Partition: a drive with another OS
|
| 14_Distro: Mandrake
|
| 15_Bringing_Own: on
|
| 16_Problems: I have mandrake 9.2 installed.
| I need help installing python dependencies (wxPython, SciPy, PyOpenGL,
| and a few others).  I also need help changing file associations.  For
| example associating pdf file with Acrobat instead of xPDF.  When  I
make
| the change is does not seem to stick
|
| 17_Arrive-Time: please assign a time for me
|
| 18_Learned-How: website
|
| Read_Release: yes
|
|
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I know nothing of previous policy, but isn't the general objective
simply to help people use linux by eliminating some of the hassle
factors? We wouldn't want someone to bail out on open source simply
because they personally can't resolve some dependencies, right? Perhaps
it is not as high a priority for an IF but it also should be very easy
and very quick to fix for anyone with a decent knowledge of linux
systems.