[TriLUG] Another Installfest?

[Paul D. Boyle]

John Warf wrote:
> Basically you are saying open it up to the general public where TriLug 
> Members assist anyone interested in any version of Linux can come and 
> find out information or have it installed on their computer to go out 
> and enjoy and experiment.
> 
> Sinner from the Prairy wrote:
> 
> > Avui, Dimarts 14 Maig 2002 15:05, no tenieu res mes que fer i me vareu
> > enviar aquest e-mail
> >
> >>On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 14:41, Sinner from the Prairy wrote:
> >>
> >>>What do you think about an Installfest specialy directed to the Asian
> >>>community in the Triangle? Y'all know about Red Flag Linux, Hancom office
> >>>and other GNU/Linux/OpenSource initiatives in Asia.
> >>>
> >

Someone else wrote this but the attribution has been lost:

> >>Personally, I think we should help people of any race, creed, or belief
> >>system at the installfest. If they happen to want to install one of the
> >>Asian distros, more power to them, and I/we will gladly help.
> >>
> >
> >OK

I think the real issue here is not aiming an installfest at a particular
ethnic group, but rather, aiming at a segment of users who need support
for different character sets and locales.  What special steps must be
taken if a user wants their box to conform to a particular locale?

While I have never had the need to install Kanji characters on one of
my Linux boxes there probably are certain people (regardless of their
ethnicity) who would find an installfest which emphemerally emphasizes
such a thing particularly useful.

Something to think about ...


Paul

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