[NYLoCo] InstallFest - Maybe try Feisty first?

[Sandra Greer]

Actually, David Quist has a good point. What we can do is maybe do  
some house calls first, trying Gutsy and then reverting to Feisty if  
that doesn't work, and making good notes on the reasons and  
configurations found in the wild. We would then have a knowledge base  
for hardware drivers. The InstallFest could take place with people  
coming in with a list of peripherals, and we could go with a  
conservative approach. We also want to recruit junior geeks to be the  
local experts where they live.

The most important thing is for people to show up with all their  
important stuff (pictures, homework) backed up to something. We want  
them to like us afterward!

Sandra

On Oct 8, 2007, at 4:02 PM, David Quist wrote:

>
I'm not in your area (I'm up in Albany), but have one cautionary thought
in going straight to Gutsy.  I remember when I upgraded from Edgy to
Feisty I ran into some nasty regressions with some of my peripherals.  I
had faith driver corrections would be coming out, and they did after
about 6 weeks.  Given that experience, would it make sense to take a
cautious path and at least let them cut their teeth on Feisty, then help
them upgrade in a couple months if they needed/wanted the help?  Based
on my last experience, I have to say I am inclined to wait about 6 weeks
after Gutsy's release before upgrading on my main machine.

Just a thought.  You might also consider offering some house calls to
these places, as packing up their machines to come to some central
location (assuming they're desktops) might be a bit of a lift.

All in all, though, this sounds like a great idea.  Those of us in other
parts of the state should be similarly on the look-out for local not for
profits with the same issue - not only is it a waste of money they don't
have if the machines are otherwise servicable, but it's simply a waste
of good hardware.

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