<div dir="ltr"><div><div>> They heard that Linux runs on old hardware and they have nothing to lose bringing<br>
their old junky hardware with the hopes we might be able to spin up<br>
something interesting.<br><br></div>Errr, I always thought that was kind of the point of an installfest?<br><br></div>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...<br><br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Tim<br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Brian E. Lavender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@brie.com" target="_blank">brian@brie.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 01:42:20PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:<br>
><br>
> We occasionally get RSVPs for our Installfests via the<br>
> old form on our website -- someone filled it out the<br>
> other day, in fact. Not sure if it was the same person,<br>
> but I also saw a message asking about IFs come in via<br>
> Facebook, which I still need to look at and reply to.<br>
><br>
> I figured before I reply to either of them, I'd ask out<br>
> here whether or not someone would be willing to coordinate<br>
> an Installfest some time soon. I may be able to host it<br>
> at Smashwords, downtown, though that could suck for parking/etc.<br>
> on a weekend.<br>
><br>
> Thoughts?<br>
<br>
</span>People dumping hardware looking for free consulting. They heard<br>
that Linux runs on old hardware and they have nothing to lose bringing<br>
their old junky hardware with the hopes we might be able to spin up<br>
something interesting.<br>
<br>
I am tired of installfests.<br>
<br>
We should make the requirement that you already have linux installed before<br>
coming to the installfest!<br>
<br>
Office Max has 8GB thumb drives for four bucks each! We ought to rip<br>
custom thumb installs!<br>
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Brian Lavender<br>
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"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to<br>
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other<br>
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."<br>
<br>
Professor C. A. R. Hoare<br>
The 1980 Turing award lecture<br>
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