Install Fest Discussion [Archive]

etank

March 8th, 2007, 08:50 PM

Do you think that we should have one big release party / install-fest or should they be separate events? If they are separate then maybe we could hold off on the install-fest for a few more weeks and just have a laid back release party. Just my $.02.

Condoulo

March 8th, 2007, 11:21 PM

Having them separate sounds like a good idea.

bkingx

March 9th, 2007, 01:27 AM

I thought having the two together was a bit too ambitious too. Seperating them is a good idea.

X-626

March 9th, 2007, 01:36 AM

I also think it would be better to have them both separate.

Condoulo

March 9th, 2007, 02:00 AM

I think that there should be "Powered By: Ubuntu" stuckers passed out at the Install Fest. If that is possible.

The stickers are free, and can be found on this site:

http://system76.com/index.php/cPath/53_64?osCsid=409eb57a1f72f2c22d2b34c3cb8d56f9#us

If that helps. :)

xdarkxanarchyx

March 9th, 2007, 10:57 PM

I agree with the sticker idea. :wink:

etank

March 9th, 2007, 11:51 PM

I know that we can get some stickers from system76 but do you think we can get enough for everyone? I think they send you 2.

Condoulo

March 9th, 2007, 11:54 PM

We could tell them a Install-fest is being hosted, and they may send out a larger supply. E-mail them to find out?

bkingx

March 10th, 2007, 03:58 PM

LOL...I like that! I also nominate Cond to work on this.

etank

March 12th, 2007, 08:41 PM

Here are some of my thoughts on what we should do at the event.

Do a presentation on why we should use Ubuntu (Linux). I am working on this one right now.
Do the installs on the machines.
Presentation on how to do common tasks.
Let the users play with the new install.
Presentation on how to keep it updated and general maintenance.
Give out some documentation.

Please throw your ideas in with this. I also found a few links that may be helpful.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoRunningInstallfests
http://www.xml-dev.com/xml/LDP/InstallFestHowTo.html

The more ideas that we have the better this thing will be.

Condoulo

March 12th, 2007, 09:39 PM

It would be a good idea to include documentation about switching businesses over to Ubuntu or Linux in General, if not included already.

Zuph

March 13th, 2007, 01:47 PM

It would be a good idea to include documentation about switching businesses over to Ubuntu or Linux in General, if not included already.

To that effect, I volunteer to do a presentation on how to get a basic Ubuntu Webserver running using the server CD and no GUI.

etank

March 26th, 2007, 02:52 PM

We have decided on a date/time for the Dry Run of the Install Fest. It will be at Athens Christian Church (http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=6295+Athens+Boonesboro+Road,+Lexington,+KY&ie=UTF8&z=13&ll=37.970861,-84.389076&spn=0.086472,0.173035&om=1&iwloc=A) on March 31st at 16:00 (EST).

Directions:
From the interstate:
Take Exit 104 off of I-75 and turn heading out of town (toward the Hotel and Waffle House). Go about 1 mile and the church will be on the left hand side of the road.

From Lexington:
Or just get on Richmond Road heading out of town and keep going until you see the church on the left.

tcebak

March 27th, 2007, 02:39 PM

I requested 6.10 CD's from Canonical and while ago, and they said i could only get 6.06. But they went ahead and shipped me the 6.10 but to the main point is they gave me Ubuntu stickers. they say: "Ubuntu Linux for human beings" so if you get a shipment of cd's you might get free stickers with them

etank

March 27th, 2007, 03:15 PM

I think that they send the stickers in every shipment. I have order CDs about 3 times so far and got the stickers each time. I am still interested in the idea of getting some of the "Powered by Ubuntu" (http://system76.com/index.php/cPath/53_64) from system76 (http://system76.com) for the install fest.

tcebak

March 27th, 2007, 08:46 PM

Those stickers look neat! I'm going to send a letter asking for more for the Feisty release party, hopefully i'll get a response and tell you guys if there is going to be a stockade of them.

etank

March 27th, 2007, 09:04 PM

Those stickers look neat! I'm going to send a letter asking for more for the Feisty release party, hopefully i'll get a response and tell you guys if there is going to be a stockade of them.

I emailed the company earlier today and they said that they will send us 100 stickers for the event. I am also going to see if they have brochures that we can hand out to try to send them some business.

Condoulo

March 28th, 2007, 05:45 AM

Great! Glad they could.

biohypnotix

March 28th, 2007, 03:58 PM

Nice idea. I am a sticker fiend.

ScatterBrain

March 28th, 2007, 09:44 PM

Hmmmm Stickers +1 ;-)

I'm willing to talk about the Business end of using Linux. Anything from Samba to LDAP to DNS...I've done it all at one time or another.

srwalter

April 1st, 2007, 09:21 PM

Just to get down in hard copy what we discussed at the dry run yesterday, does everyone agree that it would be best to have the Install Fest and Release Party on the same day, April 21?

etank

April 1st, 2007, 10:30 PM

Just to get down in hard copy what we discussed at the dry run yesterday, does everyone agree that it would be best to have the Install Fest and Release Party on the same day, April 21?

I think that it is a very good idea to do it this way but I think that we should wait until the Thursday meeting to let more of the team in on what we discussed. We can start a mailing list thread to get some discussion going on the subject before then.

On that note I think that it would be great if a large portion of the team can be in the meeting to discuss / vote on this.

etank

April 2nd, 2007, 04:42 PM

I sent this out to the mailing list but just in case you did not get it...

I have been working on a presentation to do at the Install Fest. It is
posted on the wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam/InstallFest.
It has some holes in it that need to be filled in. Please comment on it.

What needs to be added / deleted / expanded upon?

etank

April 9th, 2007, 05:57 PM

We now have a donate button on the UKLUG (http://linux.uky.edu) site to help with the purchase of refreshments and door prizes for the install fest. If you can please donate some to help make this as good as it can be. Read more about the install fest plans at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam/InstallFest.

etank

April 10th, 2007, 01:47 PM

Here is the flyer that zenwhen made for us to post around town (whatever town you are in) to advertise for the install fest. You can find it at the bottom of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam/InstallFest

etank

April 22nd, 2007, 01:50 AM

Koji-Murasame

April 22nd, 2007, 05:09 AM

The Install Fest was a success. We had about 26 people at one time. Most of those were team members of either the UKLUG, LPLUG or the Kentucky Team. There were around 8 people that came that were seeking help with either a fresh install, upgrade, a problem that they were having with an existing install.

It seemed that most everyone there learned something and had a good time. We were able to raffle off a book "Moving to Linux" and an iMac G3 with Edgy preinstalled.

We need to extend out thanks to the UKLUG for hosting the event and also for supplying the pizza and drinks.

It has been mentioned that we do another event like this in the next few (3 - 4) months. What are your thoughts?
I'd be up for it. I know my input is a bit light on coordination prescence from this event, but given I have more free time this go 'round I could actually help. There was also passing mention of desire to have a LAN(gaming) party at some point. Personally I think that's an awesome idea. . . I could even provide a way to install all the free/open source games I know of(perhaps a CD).

montgoej

April 22nd, 2007, 05:12 AM

If we can get more users that wanna come, I say let's roll. I do have some suggestions:
get flyers out 3-4 weeks in advance
get time/date "set in stone" sooner
have a schedule, each person who wants to do a presentaion gets a specific block of time
let people know that when it's scheduled to be over, it's over
Srwalter does the "2 command magic" and gets a connection setup for us in advance :)
These are just some simple suggestions and I'd like to hear everyone's opinion on them. The installFest went great, but I feel that if we can get to marketing it a bit earlier, we can attract a better crowd, and the day of the installfest won't be so hectic if we change/tweak a few things.
Also, thanks to all who were at the InstallFest, especially Etank, Srwalter, Zuph and Bkingx, you guys rocked earlier.
~Jordan Montgomery

jkeyes0

April 23rd, 2007, 02:49 PM

I'd say the installfest was a smashing success. My cousin, who installed Feisty while we were there, started asking more questions later in the evening about what Ubuntu can do, and what it can run, and we ended up staying up half the night playing around with Wine, getting Guild Wars running. He said he might even switch, eventually, because his major involves a lot of work in Linux (physics).

I'm all up for a LAN gaming night. I think that'd be a load of fun, and be it open source games, or commercial games, I'm sure we could all have a great time.

Zuph

April 23rd, 2007, 04:47 PM

I'd be game for a gaming night as well, though we'd have to think out power in advance a lot more than we did this time. I doubt we'll be able to get a classroom for an overnight gaming fest, and gaming machines eat up a lot more juice than the laptops that most people brought.

I have some previous experience with running LAN parties, so I'd be happy to organize the thing, although we'd have to find a place that would let us stay overnight and have enough power.

bkingx

April 23rd, 2007, 09:45 PM

I also agree it was a giant success and realyl enjoyed meeting each of you!!

And GREAT comments montgoej! We will gladly accept all the constructive criticism there is. So everyone else, please chime in as well!

sadalmelik57

April 25th, 2007, 01:50 AM

Hey Guys! The install-fest was a blast! Thanks to UKLUG for sponsoring and participating too. The Door Prize has been upgraded to Feisty Fawn. It went smooth as silk. As for the P2, which had not finished the upgrade at the end of the install fest, it is toast. It will not boot. I've got some problems reloading from the live CD but I'm not too worried about it since it is basically a practice PC. But if anybody remembers how to use the Expert Mode you could remind me!

I think a microphone/sound system would have been nice for the speakers. I enjoyed the presentations too - nice job guys! I'd love to hear Bjorn do a talk on midi mixers and other sound toys at a future meeting.