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The first InstallFest of 2007 will be held on February 10th, 2007 from 10am to 3pm at Carnegie Mellon University, Newell Simon Atrium.  An installfest is an interactive event where you bring your computer to either show off some neat aspect of Linux, or seek help about getting Linux running on your hardware.
 
The first InstallFest of 2007 will be held on February 10th, 2007 from 10am to 3pm at Carnegie Mellon University, Newell Simon Atrium.  An installfest is an interactive event where you bring your computer to either show off some neat aspect of Linux, or seek help about getting Linux running on your hardware.
  
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= Possible Topic Ideas =
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'''Note:''' The [http://pghcodingdojo.org/ Pittsburgh Coding Dojo] will be holding an event called [http://pghcodingdojo.org/index.php/Iteration_0 Iteration Zero] concurrent with the installfest.  Follow the link for details.
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As with the November 2005 installfest, we'd like to have a theme for this installfest.  So, post your ideas here:
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* Linux so easy Grandma could use it
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Find easy ways to get people started.  OpenOffice, Picasa or F-Spot etc.  First person to mention writing udev rules or needing to write a shell script for something will be smacked.
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* Show off your peripherals
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Folks could bring in interesting peripherals, DV cameras, Wii remotes, tape changers, etc, and show them working with Linux.
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* Games, Games, Games!
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A little bit of Lan Gaming, both with open and proprietary games (Doom, RTCW, etc)
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* Free/Open replacements for common proprietary software
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Rich Burridge of [http://www.sun.com/ sun] has put together [http://blogs.sun.com/richb/resource/freeware-list.html a list of freeware replacements for common proprietary programs].  He's from Sun, so you'll have to forgive him mixing freeware and open source.  They do that all the time.
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We'll then bounce the ideas on the plan list to get going.
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= I'd like help with =
 
= I'd like help with =
 
If you're going to be installing a particular piece of software and would like help with it, put your name on this list.
 
If you're going to be installing a particular piece of software and would like help with it, put your name on this list.
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* '''Scott Kiesling:'''I've got this old small notebook I got on ebay for $150 I've been playing around with. I'd like to put a minimal distro on it and see what I can get it to do. It has a cdrom but does not boot from it.  It is a [http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/eng/spec.php3?model=PAP302U-T Toshiba Portege 3025CT] (mine has 96 Mb). [http://www.gweep.net/~sfoskett/linux/p3010-3.html Here] are the specs, more or less. It has an external CD player but I have not been able to get it to boot off of it. I had been incrementally getting to the point where I can boot, but hadn't quite made it. I've tried a few small distros like [http://www.puppylinux.org Puppy] and [http://www.featherweightlinux.org Featherweight], as well as some disk-based distros (there's an external floppy too), but now that I have just Googled [http://www.gweep.net/~sfoskett/linux/p3010.html this site] I may go with that. I will try to bring the relevant files on a CD. My last attempt had been variations on [http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html this method], which got started booting (using Puppy if I remember correctly) but then got stuck. I hope I can get some help, if not, it will be fun to try. I'll probably have to leave around noon, or bring my kids in.
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** I'm not sure how much it may help, another option might be to set up the disk as a boot disk on another computer.  I've got a little USB enclosure for 2.5 inch hard disks that works quite well that we could use to initialize the disk and pre-load it with installer software. -- [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]]
  
 
= I can help with =
 
= I can help with =
 
If you can help out with a particular piece of software that you think other people may be installing, put your name on this list.
 
If you can help out with a particular piece of software that you think other people may be installing, put your name on this list.
 
* MythTV - [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]]
 
* MythTV - [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]]
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* FreeBSD/PHP/Apache/PostgreSQL - [[User:Wmoran | Bill Moran]]
  
 
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= Meeting Staff =
 
= Meeting Staff =
 
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the categories below.
 
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the categories below.
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* Host: ???
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* Host: [[User:Wmoran | Bill Moran]]
 
* Co-Host: ???
 
* Co-Host: ???
 
* Pizza: ???
 
* Pizza: ???

Revision as of 19:56, 6 February 2007

The first InstallFest of 2007 will be held on February 10th, 2007 from 10am to 3pm at Carnegie Mellon University, Newell Simon Atrium. An installfest is an interactive event where you bring your computer to either show off some neat aspect of Linux, or seek help about getting Linux running on your hardware.

Note: The Pittsburgh Coding Dojo will be holding an event called Iteration Zero concurrent with the installfest. Follow the link for details.

I'd like help with

If you're going to be installing a particular piece of software and would like help with it, put your name on this list.

  • Scott Kiesling:I've got this old small notebook I got on ebay for $150 I've been playing around with. I'd like to put a minimal distro on it and see what I can get it to do. It has a cdrom but does not boot from it. It is a Toshiba Portege 3025CT (mine has 96 Mb). Here are the specs, more or less. It has an external CD player but I have not been able to get it to boot off of it. I had been incrementally getting to the point where I can boot, but hadn't quite made it. I've tried a few small distros like Puppy and Featherweight, as well as some disk-based distros (there's an external floppy too), but now that I have just Googled this site I may go with that. I will try to bring the relevant files on a CD. My last attempt had been variations on this method, which got started booting (using Puppy if I remember correctly) but then got stuck. I hope I can get some help, if not, it will be fun to try. I'll probably have to leave around noon, or bring my kids in.
    • I'm not sure how much it may help, another option might be to set up the disk as a boot disk on another computer. I've got a little USB enclosure for 2.5 inch hard disks that works quite well that we could use to initialize the disk and pre-load it with installer software. -- Patrick Wagstrom

I can help with

If you can help out with a particular piece of software that you think other people may be installing, put your name on this list.

I'm going to show off

If you've got a particular setup, peripheral, or application that you're planning on showing off at the installfest, put your name on this list.

Meeting Staff

If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the categories below.

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