[TriLUG] Eat and geek followup - Part 1

[Ralph A Castanza]

As a newer TriLUG member I just wanted to say that the installfest was 
great.  I got the chance to meet some new people and get insight into more 
things
going on in the linux world.  I had a thought amongst all the email and 
after going to the UNC auction.....  Maybe we could target a specific 
school, have an
installfest with older equipment that people would be able to donate, then 
set up a private linux network for that school.  It would create awareness 
and allow
students to 'play' without too much worry of breaking anything.  We could 
even set up a 'server' with DHCP, a couple other supporting machines, then 
have a couple
more machines meant for multiple re-installs so students can get 
comfortable with the OS(we'd have to decide on a standard of Linux to make 
things a little less confusing
of course)....

Does anyone know of a local school, university, etc. who would be 
interested in receiving such a collection of hardware?  Are there any 
'geek' teachers out there who
would maybe want to add some linux instruction into their curriculum?  It 
is just a thought but with all the extra 'old' hardware out there it would 
be a good way to teach,
demonstrate that hardware has more longevity than most people are lead to 
believe, and give a good excuse to get together.

...just my thoughts.

Take care,

Ralph Castanza




At 11:00 PM 5/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 08:50 PM, Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney wrote:
>>It was standing room only, and after this one, I think we need to do
>>installfests more than once a quarter!
>
>Well, that would put the next one sometime in August..... which is about 
>the time school starts.  How many Freshmen (or upperclassmen, for that 
>matter) at State, UNC, and the billion other odd schools around here could 
>use a fresh Linux install just before classes start?
>
>jf
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