[TriLUG] Installfest soon?

Kevin Flanagan kevin at flanagannc.net
Tue Jan 11 19:06:40 EST 2005


I'd definately vote for another installfest soon.  I have a sparc with
Debian on it that I could use some help with config of some things.

Kevin


> bear in mind, the stated "mission" of the installfests is to help
> newbies get linux on their systems.  that means red hat, mandrake, and
> suse are the distros of choice, rather than gentoo and slackware.
> debian is nice, but since it is typically installed via a remote
> network server it can be unsuitable for an installfest where time and
> bandwidth tend to be limited.
>
> that being said, distros are becoming easier and easier to install,
> requiring less hand-holding than ever before.  logic suggests that we
> should rethink the installfest "mission" to focus more on the needs of
> the many, rather than the needs of the few.
>
> stay tuned, we'll make an announcement about the next installfest
> shortly.
>
> jason
>
> On Tuesday 11 January 2005 14:30, Ian Kilgore wrote:
>> I would love to come and help out, so long as theres more than just
>> mandrake and fedora =D (c'mon what happened to debian gentoo and
>> slack?)
>>
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