On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 13:08, Scott <scottro@nyc.
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 12:43:35PM -0500, J wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:42, Darksyde <m_alexander61@
>>
>>
>> This also makes me wonder. Do LUGs (Linux User Groups) still do
>> installfests? Back in the day, installfests were big deals, and I
>> participated in many in my home LUG, and after going to work for Red
>> Hat, I participated as a Red Hat employee at several others, and I
>> know that other distro companies also sent reps out to installfests
>> around the world to help people out and introduce them to LInux.
>
> Hrrm, nwo that I think of it, it seems that the nylug hasn't had one for
> a very long time. It's so much easier to install these days, the need
> has diminished, I guess.
nwo? Freudian slip? Do you bow before our new global overlords? ;-)
Ya know, it dawned on me that this is actually pretty sad, and a
failing. Sure, installfests were great for getting Linux installed,
but just because any n00b with a cd burner can download an iso and
boot a disk can do it these days does not negate the need for such a
thing...
For example, and not picking on rkzbos specifically, but he's talking
about buying a Dummies book and installing from that. This is EXACTLY
what installfests were all about. Not just getting it installed,
though believe me, I did some where a single install was an all day
marathon (and one involved Doug DeJulio rewriting a network driver on
the spot).
But this seems like a great idea for introduction.
and walk the user through the process, plus have some lectures, or
various open sessions or BOF sessions or something like that to
educate the new users beyond "Here's your CD, have a nice day"...
Plus, the ones I went to usually had a beer cooler too ;-)
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