[vox] Installfest?

[Timothy D Thatcher]

> They heard that Linux runs on old hardware and they have nothing to lose
bringing
their old junky hardware with the hopes we might be able to spin up
something interesting.

Errr, I always thought that was kind of the point of an installfest?

I've been thinking about installfests since they keep getting brought up,
too, and having one as a "physical media distribution fest" actually
doesn't sound like a terrible idea. Maybe prep some isos of a variety of
more- and lesser-known distributions, bring a machine with a CD/DVD burner
and fire them off made-to-order, and/or make a DVD with a variety of isos
that people can take home and burn off onto their own media. And/or do what
Brian mentioned: find some decently priced usb drives and have a pile of
liveboot distros for people to try out either on site or at home on their
own...




Tim

On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Brian E. Lavender <brian at brie.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 01:42:20PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> >
> > We occasionally get RSVPs for our Installfests via the
> > old form on our website -- someone filled it out the
> > other day, in fact.  Not sure if it was the same person,
> > but I also saw a message asking about IFs come in via
> > Facebook, which I still need to look at and reply to.
> >
> > I figured before I reply to either of them, I'd ask out
> > here whether or not someone would be willing to coordinate
> > an Installfest some time soon.  I may be able to host it
> > at Smashwords, downtown, though that could suck for parking/etc.
> > on a weekend.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> People dumping hardware looking for free consulting. They heard
> that Linux runs on old hardware and they have nothing to lose bringing
> their old junky hardware with the hopes we might be able to spin up
> something interesting.
>
> I am tired of installfests.
>
> We should make the requirement that you already have linux installed before
> coming to the installfest!
>
> Office Max has 8GB thumb drives for four bucks each! We ought to rip
> custom thumb installs!
>
> --
> Brian Lavender
> http://www.brie.com/brian/
>
> "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
> make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
> way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
>
> Professor C. A. R. Hoare
> The 1980 Turing award lecture
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