[ubuntu-uk] London Ubuntu install party?

[Bruno Girin]

On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 23:15 +0000, John Stevenson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> As the new version of Ubuntu will be with us all soon I was wondering
> if there are any install parties happening in the London area?  I have
> not been able to find anything yet.  If not, I would be interested in
> organising such an event and am looking for a few helpers and lots of
> interested people.

John, that sounds like a great idea. I don't know how much time I could
spare but I'd definitely be happy to help out.

> 
> I have a few ideas for a location, depending on if the party lasts a
> few hours or through the day.  I would like to include some
> information for people new to Linux / Ubuntu, some pratical advocacy
> information, session on managing your ubuntu system, running Ubuntu
> live from a USB / SD Card, etc.  I would also like to include some
> more advanced stuff such as setting up a private cloud, but this may
> depend on getting some suitable hardware.
> 
> I would like to know if 2-3 hours is enough or if you would be
> interested in an all day event.  Tentative dates would be Friday 29th
> April, Saturday 30th or Tuesday 4th May.  This is what I have come up
> with so far in terms of things to do at the party, I would appreciate
> any comments on what would be of most interest.

An all day session may not be practical on a week day. On the other
hand, considering everything you have on the list below, I'm not sure
2-3 hours is enough.

> 
> Installation of:
> * Ubuntu desktop / netbook
> * Kbuntu desktop / netbook
> * Ubuntu Server
> * Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud server
> 
> Themes
> * Ubuntu for Development
> - Java, Scala, Clojure
> - Netbeans, Eclipse
> - Hudson
> - Selenium IDE / RC / Grid
> - MySQL, PostgreSQL
> - Glassfish / tomcat / jetty

Sounds good. Depending on the audience, you could also include subjects
such as apache, quickly, python, etc.

> 
> * Ubuntu for safe browsing environment
> - safe browsing in Firefox
> - isolated desktop - OS on USB / SDCard
>  
> * Getting started with Ubuntu
> - Whats in Ubuntu - most popular applications - firefox, OpenOffice, 
> - How to get help - web sites, forums, irc,

And how to reports bugs on Launchpad.

> - sticky issue of multimedia - codecs

When talking about multimedia, maybe add a word about medibuntu and
demonstrate how to install Skype from there?

> 
> * Managing your Ubuntu 
> - package manager
> - installing 3rd party software
> - file backup - Ubuntu One, etc
> 
> * Creative applications
> - GIMP
> - Open Shot
> - Audacity

I'm not sure one day's enough now :-)

Bruno