InstallFest FAQ Wordings

[Bill Nash]

Some FAQ addition suggestions from billn's Oracle of User Hate:

Q: I want to install Linux on my Palm Pilot/Cell Phone/Nintendo/Toaster
Oven/[Insert wierd device that some yahoo got it running on]. Will someone
be able to help with that?

Q: I'm already running [Linux|*BSD], but I'm having some difficulty with
certain vaguely supported hardware. Could I still bring my machine down to
get some assistance?

Q: I want to set up for dual-booting while there. Should I back up my
primary OS first?

Q: Do I need to bring my own installation media for my OS of choice?

- billn

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Victor Odhner wrote:

> Here is a preliminary FAQ on the InstallFest.
>
> We should invite questions to contact@plug.phoenix.az.us --
>  Jim or I can answer them or forward them.  (Jim has been
>  taking care of this but I'll cover it if he asks.)
>  I think that "contact" is currently an alias for Jim and me.
>
> Suggested wordings follow, subject to refinement.  For
> example, if we know we'll be ready for Macs and PPCs,
> then we'll fix the wording accordingly.  I incorporated
> JF's offer.  Check my wording everywhere, some of what
> I'm saying below may be just plain wrong!
>
> ----- FAQ: -----
>
> "My computer is a [whatever].  Will Linux run on THAT?"
>  The answer is, it runs on most kinds; BUT, Non-Intel
>  Computer Owners, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.  (You can ignore
>  this if your computer came with Microsoft Windows installed,
>  for example:  Windows only runs on Intel-type computers, and
>  we're prepared to install Linux on ANY such machine.)
>  If you would like to bring in your S/390, Macintosh,
>  or Sparc; or any kind of system that is not an x86,
>  Pentium, Athlon, etc., and you know it can't run Windows;
>  then just <strong>please let us know ahead of time</strong>
>  so we can be sure to have the right "flavor" of Linux on hand.
>
> "Can I use Linux in my Business?"
>  The answer is YES, but please don't expect to bring home
>  a full business solution from the InstallFest.  We'll be
>  happy to discuss SERIOUS computing issues with you,
>  and set you up with a great office desktop system -- word
>  processing, spreadsheet, e-mail, etc.  You can take this
>  back and use it in your office, and this might be a good
>  first step; but as a serious business owner you will want
>  to keep an eye on the big picture.
>
> "I need to connect my Linux box to my Home/Office network."
>  Maybe we can help with this, but please contact us in advance.
>  We can't check connections with networks we haven't seen,
>  but it might be practical for you to bring us the boxes you
>  wish to connect and we'll see what we can do.  But it is
>  probably best to clear up networking problems at your home
>  or office so that we can be sure it is working, and we can
>  probably find someone to help you with that.
>
> "Can you install FreeBSD for me?  NetBSD?  OpenBSD?"
>  We hope to have an expert to be on site who can help with
>  FreeBSD version 4.5-RELEASE installs on X86 hardware.
>  We could probably install other BSD variants, but we'd like
>  advanced warning so we can be ready and so we won't be
>  wasting your time.  Various BSD systems have have notable
>  reputations (even above Linux) for security and stability,
>  and are especially popular in professional web-server,
>  database and firewall applications.
>
> Vic
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