[Luna] Install fest notes

[Shane Lofgren]

Good summary and I like the new idea.  We should also bring our own boxes
for a lan party while we are not doing anything ;-)
-Shane



On 8/28/06, Andrew Roazen <Andrew.Roazen at nau.edu> wrote:
>
>  Given the relatively light marketing, turnout was decent. We installed
> Ubuntu 6.06 onto an ancient 128Mb/10Gb/866GHzP3 Optiplex GX110 and
> upgraded it to 6.06.1 for a bookstore worker who needed a front end
> workstation to the web-based Java interface their management software uses.
> Ubuntu 6 has the official Sun Java 5 JRE in the repository now, so he isn't
> even working with the Blackdown JRE clone.
>
> Things we learned:
>
>    - Shane got to see 6.06.1 not sucking
>    - I got to see the 6.06 alternate installer demonstrate how a
>    curses-based installer can successfully install desktop Ubuntu on a system
>    too memory light to boot the official liveCD
>    - I learned about EasyUbuntu, an installer script with a spiffy
>    interface for quickly getting restricted codecs, DVD support, Flash/Java
>    plugins and more installed quickly (a keeper for future install fests)
>
> If I were planning another one of these, I would suggest we set up four
> side-by-side PCs: one running XP Pro, one running a Gnome-based distro,
> another with a KDE distro and finally an ancient low-end $35 campus surplus
> beater PC running Damn Small off a business card CD. Reasons:
>
>    1. Let people play with all four to see the similarities and
>    differences
>    2. Visibly demonstrate a low-end PC getting a new life
>    3. Network the XP and Linux boxen to show how well they swap file
>    formats if anyone asks
>
> Thoughts?
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