Hello Phoenix Linux Users Group! What Goes On at Installfest?

Stephen M smelheim85 at gmail.com
Fri Dec 15 14:38:22 MST 2017


Best LUG I've ever been a part of.

On Dec 15, 2017 2:03 PM, "Todd Cole" <toddc at azloco.com> wrote:

> yes we do installs yes we build stuff both yours and ours and others yes
> we do drivers a lot of chat  a lot of "who knows how to XXXXXX"
> a lot of what is the best distro? and this how I do it stuff...
> we will be in room 206-207 10am to 4pm upstairs thu the double doors if we
> are busy we skip lunch but do usually go to eat afterward
> and there is a elevator we have a PXE installer ISO's usb's VD and cd's
> power and networking
> you bring computer monitor power cords printer if you want it setup the
> list kind of varies by project
> we usually have a screw driver. A hdd ok laptop screen is a bit far out
> there but at least we can tell you how we did it 5 years ago
>
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 10:04 AM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Cool!!
>>
>> According to the PLUG website:
>>
>> *When:* The 1st and 3rd Saturdays each month from 10am till 4pm
>> *Where:* The University of Advancing Technology, 2625 W. Baseline Road
>> Tempe, AZ 85283-1056
>>
>>
>> Is it still upstairs?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2017-12-15 09:41, Andrew McRobb wrote:
>>
>> As far as I can tell, yes. :)
>>
>> Andrew McRobb
>> Full-time Software Developer
>> Part-time Freelancer
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 9:30 AM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is this an event where one can go to to learn about stuff like
>>> installing a driver and maybe discovering what one does not know?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2017-12-14 10:10, Stephen Partington wrote:
>>>
>>> ususally a mix of both. I know I attended one at a Sr living center that
>>> had a bunch of people from the area interested in swapping their degrading
>>> XP install for something that does the job with less fuss.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 10:09 AM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Interesting... is this 10 - 25 new Linux users or people that gather
>>>> together to learn Linux?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2017-12-13 21:04, Todd Cole wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Andrew
>>>>   We usually have most equipment and media on a server with PDF Books
>>>> ISO we can install all major distro's. Most use debian based attendance is
>>>> usually between 10 25 but Dec is usually
>>>> on the quiet side and more project based the installs. we work on
>>>> servers raspberry pi projects router mods--any linux project is fair game
>>>> and expect 50% new users and 50% experts so between everyone
>>>> we can handle a;most any project Todd
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Andrew McRobb <andrewmcrobb at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm completely new to meetups, and thought this would be the best way
>>>>> to say hello in this sort of community. I'm interested in going to the
>>>>> upcoming Installfest (not 100% sure if I can go or not), and had some
>>>>> questions on what usually goes down.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    - What distro does everyone usually work with? (I'm mostly
>>>>>    comfortable with Debian distros and trying to get into FreeBSD)
>>>>>    - What's the outcome usually like? How many people usually show up
>>>>>    wanting to install Linux? How many come from Windows background?
>>>>>    - Should I bring anything to a Installfest to help out any? I have
>>>>>    a healthy amount of cables, DVDs (Debian 9 32bit, Linux Mint 18.3 32bit,
>>>>>    FreeBSD 32bit), and some USB thumbs, and some networking gear.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, hope to meet any of you there!
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>> Todd Cole
>>>> Ubuntu Arizona Team
>>>> 4605 S PRIEST DR LOT 3
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>>>> toddc at azloco.com
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>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>
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