Instalinux@InstallFest?

[der.hans]

Am 24. Mar, 2006 schwätzte Alexander Henry so:

> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:04:49 -0700, der.hans <PLUGd at LuftHans.com> wrote:
>
>> moin moin,
>> 
>> anybody want to try Instalinux, www.Instalinux.com, at the InstallFest
>> this Saturday?
>
> I read the website, it's an app to help push a large volume of Linux boxen, 
> and can also be used to build a reload CD.
>
> I think at the low volume we are at, plus given the variety of Linux boxes we 
> install, this might not help much.  But I'll keep it in mind for when I start 
> hyping Installfest to corporate Phoenix, or for some other reason we start 
> installing more than ten boxes per installfest (last week we had one :P ).

Well, if we could load faster I think we'd have more people showing up.
Especially if we have a system that helps automate dealing with
problematic drivers, hw, etc.

> It's possible it might help the ASU Installfest folks, though, with their 
> bigger installfests.
>
> Actually, I just thought of a potential minus to using Instalinux.  One of 
> the goals of Installfest is to get people to learn Linux, and getting them to 
> learn to install it themselves is part of that.  So seeing us go through the 
> motions of burning a CD, using rescueCD to repartition,  then going through 
> the install screens of the particular distro is part of that learning 
> process.  This shortcuts that process by a lot, and then the user is stuck 
> only being able to install through our special version of Instalinux.

I don't think we need to worry about teaching people how to install
GNU/Linux. We want to get them up and running. Getting the system up is
just a task that needs to take place before we can start teaching them how
to use the apps.

ciao,

der.hans
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