Lakeshore Technical College installfest update

[Josh Hertel]

>
> What do you think we should use for hardware in our demonstrations?
>
> I think decent specs for systems would be:
> -at least 128MB RAM
> -Intel, ATI, or NVIDIA graphics
> -wired network adapter
>
> We can upgrade or replace some of the parts if we need to.
>
> We can try to get some from the following places:
> -Our personal stash
> -People we know
> -Freecycle mailing lists (http://www.freecycle.org)
> -Craigslist (http://www.craigslist.org)
> -Keep or borrow hardware from schools
>
> If you use Freecycle, make sure you read their rules, including the
> number of requests you can make in a certain time period and not
> asking for anything too new/powerful/rare.
>
> The reason I'm asking this question is that I feel we shouldn't use
> our production machines for the demos.  We should just have what's on
> the discs and a few things from the official repository.  I'll discuss
> more about the software configuration in another message
>
>
If you are going to install ubuntu on anything with 128 megs, I would
suggest having an alternate cd available.  I have installed it on several
machines and the alternate cd really saves you time and headaches.  I have
also found that having a version of 6.06 available helps (sometimes 7.04 has
trouble, I am unsure why).  I have an old machine that i have been messing
around with and would gladly wipe it out for demo purposes (it is currently
running 7.04).

Have you thought about installing Edubuntu on any machines?  I did this at
the library (one computer was Ubuntu the other Edubuntu) and the kids seemed
to like Edubuntu more (it has more games).

Another source for old PC's is relatives (my mother just bought a new PC,
hence my "old machine").
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