Install Fest? (Was: If You Don't Have Linux Running Yet ...)

Is it time to setup an Install Fest to kick off newbie training classes?

Plan a Saturday place and time at least 3 weeks out and I will work to get support and give-away stuff from the distro companies/groups. I will also help at the Install Fest.

Alan

On Thu, 16 May 2002 06:42:55 -0700 Victor Odhner <vodhner@cox.net> wrote:

For those who do not yet have Linux systems up
and running, that should be a top priority.

If you are a "newbie", you MUST start out
by having a machine you can play with, since
no class by itself will teach you anything.

A Pentium class machine with 64 MB of memory
will serve you very well; a 486 with 32MB
of memory would be slow but OK for starters.

When you are ready to get your install done,
just announce it on the list and we'll work
out when to get the install done. The Stammtisch
event next Tuesday would probably be a good
opportunity on the East Side. On the West Side,
announce the need and somebody over there will
work it out with you.

This is crucial to any training, so it needs
to be taken care of first.

An alternative is to get an account with an
ISP like unitywave.com which lets you have
access to the Linux command line via dialup.
This is especially good for some things you
may not be ready to set up yourself, involving
network operations. But being able to turn on
a Linux box at home is far better.

Vic
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