On Thursday 06 May 2004 05:54 pm, Alexander Henry wrote:
> Thanks Alan and Derek, I agree completely. I'm going to be taking RSVP's
> from interested users to guage our attendance, and call for more
> volunteers. For the first few times, I'd like to get more volunteers in
> than is required for installs proper, so we can dream up and set up the
> Cool Things [tm] for future installfests, like the demo home or business
> setups, the file server, etc.
excellent idea
>
> Technomage, bring that equipment like you said, we'll get something set
> up. Also come to the next Stammtisch Tue 5/18. You said you needed a
> couple of extra hard drives?
>
Alex,
I can probably get a few of those spacewalkers going that I have. I have 3 of
them running now with 2 spoken for. I have a total of 30 left, and I should
be able to hobble about 10 or 15 more together. They are celeron 533 with 64
MB ram (though harvesting an extra dimm from the extras should net us 128 for
each), all have built in ethernet, so so video, and a cd-rom with sound and
usb ports. I put Mandrake 10.0 official on one, but the installer detected
my hard drive size (3 gig - UGH!) and the install process reduced my package
choices automatically so I had to install some of my favs by hand. However
the point is it works. I would be happy to lend a couple to the Install
fests (multipartitioned or removable hard drives for different distros?), and
will probably sell the rest for a couple dozen quid (hint hint to pluggers).
> Home demo: We could install and network one of the 'easy' distros, I say
> Mandrake. Then get the big three, web, e-mail, and offices, working, and
> also put a Samba on a secondary hard drive, and set it up as a backup for
> the home directories. Is there an easy GUI method packaged in either
> Fedora or Mandrake to make crons? It would be most impressive if you
> could say, "this is my SO's machine".
I like mandrake for desktop, and while I'm sure there are other cron editors,
I just use Webmin for what I don't do by hand.
>
> For business type machines: if you're setting up a guest account, how
> about setting up three, and install PHP groupware and Jabber on it, and a
> generic 'brochure' type web page. These can be a real eye-opener. They
> can see they can have a secure web server which also gets their people
> together quickly for very cheap.
sounds like a group project for apres installfest
>
> The next business machine will be a windows setup with a central Samba on
> Linux.
>
> The other business machine would be an LTSP, for instances when they want
> lots of terminals for clerks for data entry. We could cite that one
> eyeglasses store (which???) as an example. Best would be a windows app
> that is visible on the remote terminal.
Or a school type demonstration, which would show off the flexibility of the
software. Either LTSP or a Knoppix type setup.
>
> Again, pipe dream!! Over the next few months, all these need to be ready
> and available to dump in your car and go. 'we need someone to see the
> LTSP! Call Techno!' wham, go.
>
> Regarding ec's rant. I'm going to encourage interested users to RSVP, and
> ask if they have any special interests. If someone says, "I'm researching
> Linux for my business", my response will be "why?". Then, after
> listening, I'll call for a volunteer. Just like ec said, we should have
> volunteers with computers ready to just pick up and go. Reliably having
> an event and being ready for some things will get the decision-making
> suits to the event.
or a few people with with the same machines and sets of hard drives for any of
your demonstrations you list then everyone could demo everything. I do have
about 25 extra 3 gig hard drives for installing single purpose demo
installations.
>
> As far as marketing: Hans should put the posting on the plug and AZOTO
> website, of course. But those places don't expand any further than the
> readership of this mailing list. It sure won't cover the decision-making
> suits. I'm also going to put press releases to AZIPA, Arizona Technology
> Council, and the major newspapers. Just a simple e-mail, and they put you
> on their calendar. AzTech has a very regular e-mail that lists all the
> tech events and tech-related chamber of commerce events, it's very
> popular. People look in the newspapers for all sorts of things, so the
> blurb in the events column helps. I'm also going to make monthly
> anouncements on the PC Chat radio show, 1310AM 19:00-20:00, starting today
> in the last quarter of the hour (the extra-geeky portion. I'll probably
> do it every week this month, then do it on the radio show 9 days before
> the event).
There is something along those lines on 620 AM as well. I think it's on
sundays.
>
>
>
> BTW, I haven't heard many to volunteer to be an installer or a Cool Thing
> [tm] builder. Please RSVP me!
>
I've already let george know I will supply Mandrake sets. see below (is that
what you mean by L1? or is it some random assignation you came up with?
what does what mean? >nudge nudge<.
> [volunteers]
> technomage <technomage-hawke@cox.net>
> L5 <eculbert@-yahoo.com>
> L1 Anthony Milbauer <tickticker@cox.net>
> L1 Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com>
>
> What level are you, techno? :)
anthony
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