What kind of equipment and supplies will we need?
We should have CD's of course. Are we able to get official CDs, or should we look into burning our own?
We will need lots of power strips for the computers.
We will need Cat5 Cable, a switch and a way to connect that to the internet.
Are we going to have the monitor,keyboard and mouse or should they bring their own? In any case we should have at least one table with an open monitor/keyboard/mouse and KVM. I can bring all of this if needed.
If we provide the monitors, we should have some which support DVI or a DVI to VGA adapter.
Finally we should have a set of headphones just to test the soundcards before they take the PC home.
Any other suggestions?
I'm trying to get some Feisty CDs for the group through ShipIt. As we are an unapproved group we're not entitled to them.
Power strips/cat5/switch/internet we will be touching base with Luis to see what the library has available and then we'll put out the call for more as needed.
Keyboard/mouse/monitor should be brought by the users just so we can have the best representation of their home system. However we should be able to get some stations available to be plugged into if they just bring their tower.
And i agree with the adapter and headset comments.
I thought of one more thing. We should have a linux compatable USB Ethernet or Wifi adapter in case someone comes with a PC which only has dial up. I have a wireless adapter at home I can try on fiesty to see what happens.
Did I ask which version of Ubuntu we will be offering? I think it will help us all (simplify) if we just offer one.
If you could check on the wireless adaptor that would be great. I might be able to scrounge up a NIC for use but I hate to start cracking open people's PCs in such an enviornment.
As for the version my suggestion is to recommend Ubuntu 7.04, but have the alternate, server, X/K/Ubuntu's availible for those that want the choice. From my perspective of those that I've gotten to try Ubuntu they tend to be happiest off the start with Ubuntu. Some like the looks of KDE but tend to get overwhelmed with choices, and Xubuntu is a bit more stripped down than what most people prefer.
Also we can install multiple environments for those with enough diskspace if they chose to.
I'll probably bring along some of the 6.06 LTS disks/images for those few that would be interested in the support aspect.
*As for scheduling this, I'm waiting back on an email I sent to Luis about room availiblity.
I just received my 7.04 Shippit CDs--I can't believe how professional they look! I have two copies of the 32-bit Live CDs and one copy of the 64-bit Live CD.
I will either get my adapter working or I will buy an appropriate adapter. np.
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