Installfest questions....

[der.hans]

Am 24. May, 2002 schwätzte Dorian Monroe so:

> Anyhow, on to my Installfest questions!  I'm considering going just to see
> what's going on, but if I were bringing a PC, I wouldn't want to go through
> the trouble of bringing my monitor, kb, & mouse.  Why not have a few KVM
> switches set up to do installations with?  You could be doing four(+/-)
> installations at once in a much smaller space.  I imagine there could be
> issues with people having older monitors at home than the one used for
> setup, but I'd think as long as they know what monitor they have, the
> refresh rates could be looked up & configured during setup.  Just curious as
> to why I haven't heard anyone mention using one yet.

It sounds good, but I think it causes more probs than it fixes. We need
their monitor to make sure X is setup properly for their computing
environment. Also that means 3 people can't watch what their box is doing.

> Also, I'd be interested in hearing about some other applications of Linux.
> One of my favorites is Freesco, a floppy-based firewall/router -
> http://www.freesco.org/ for info.  I've also had luck with Coyote Linux in
> the past as well - http://www.coyotelinux.com/ .   I'll be working on
> setting up an old 486 as a Freesco box sometime when I get a chance.  Of
> course that may not be until late June, so I may be bringing that out!

We've had a couple of firewall talks at the PLUG meetings recently and in
Jan we covered alternative dists such as the floppy firewalls.

I think this would be great for the InstallFest, but I think it would also
be horrible for the InstallFest. It's horrible because it adds another level
of confusion and it detracts from what I see as the main goal: get people
using Linux on their desktop. It's great because I hate suggesting they put
up a box that doesn't have a firewall in front of it.

I think we need to hit a happy medium by showing them tools like Firestarter
and having them firewall the box via local rules.

ciao,

der.hans
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