[NYLoCo] InstallFest - Maybe try Feisty first?

[Sandra Greer]

I have a virginal still-in-wrapper 120GB Western Digital IDE we could  
use. I was going to put my next Ubuntu on it, but I'll get it back,  
right?

People seem to have about 10GB of valuable crap such as baby pictures  
and downloaded music. Not to mention homework, but that doesn't take  
much space. Finding it is quite  challenging. Most of my "customers"  
have pen drives for the latest homework and stuff. Some of them have  
writable CDs.

Sandy

On Oct 8, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Zach Stern wrote:

True, also we may need a massive amount of space to perform backups  
with on-site. As nice as it sounds to ask people to back up before  
coming . . . most people don't even know how to do that. They may not  
realize its as simple as burning their files to a CD or copying them  
to an external hard drive. They may also not have those things (CDs,  
Burners, or an External Hard Drive).

I've got a 4-drive external enclosure we can use, but its currently  
full. I can take the drives out, and we can pop four IDE drives of  
any size into it and viola, massive USB 2.0 backup.

On 10/8/07, Karlie Robinson <karlie at webpath.net> wrote:
Sandra Greer wrote:
 > 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
 >
 >
 From a "they should like us" point of view, The easiest way to get
people to like a new product is when everything goes off without a
hitch.  So, why not use the 8 weeks (give or take) to plan a formal  
event?

Not only will your event be better, but the chances that the repos will
have software for funky hardware will be greatest.



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