[SlugLUG] new sluglug site goes live and more on installfests

[Peter Belew]

Yeah, I think those 3 are best done hands-on at the installfest, or
even in a follow-on session. They can be a real problem.

On the other hand, there will be people who already have Linux, who
specifically need help with those problems. So a bit of flexibility,
depending on who shows up with what problems, would be good.

Peter

On 3/20/07, Eric Carter <Ecnassianer at greenstorm.net> wrote:
> Web 2.0 for the win. ;)
>
> I think the teaching day is a good idea, but I have some objections to
> the subjects.
>
> > 2) Installing mp3-playback and playing mp3s (people gotta have their
> > music.)
> > 4) Getting wireless to work (tricky but possible!)
> > 6) common problems (such as sound, etc.)
>
> These three should be solved by the time they leave the installfest.
> They're not tasks the average user needs to know how to do, and if
> they do, the installfest isn't doing what it's supposed to do.
>
> Instead, replace them with this:
>
> 2) The basic concept behind a text based shell, how to navigate
> directories and use simple commands (cp, mv, rm, *, ., ~,..)
> 4) How to use man, the magic keyword "howto",  the existance of
> http://ubuntuguide.org and any other self-help features available.
> 6)Installing new apps, and finding non-windows equivelents (it's
> pretty easy to google "linux office alternative" but a lot of newbs
> don't think of it.
>
> And perhaps a short chat about what open source is, and what it
> matters to the user.
>
> EC
>
> On 3/20/07, Rohan Sheth <ronashet at ucsc.edu> wrote:
> > sluglug.ucsc.edu now html refresh's users to the new site.
> >
> > Anyone can register and those who shoot me an email after registering
> > will be included into the "lug users" access group which allows them to
> > modify all content of the site.  This way even when I'm behind someone
> > else can update things.
> >
> > As per the installfest that has been up and down for a while.  I would
> > absolutely love to have an installfest.  However, out of the
> > installfests that I have personally been to...users usually swap back
> > to their other os (usually windows) very quickly because they have
> > little idea of how to use their newfound toy and become irritated
> > rapidly (*points at a few people he knows who live in his very own
> > apartment*).  I would rather have a scheduled teach-session and then a
> > specific installfest.
> >
> > So like one week we choose a day and have a "teach ubuntu" day.  Where
> > a few of us (or more!) show the basics of using ubuntu and the little
> > quirks people would need to know along the way...and then a following
> > day we allow people to bring in machines and we'll strap them up with
> > ubuntu.  This way the customer stays 'happy' because they know what
> > just transpired besides the fact that someone just pushed a whole bunch
> > of buttons on their keyboard and now there is this brown colored thing
> > called gnome taking over their precious computer.
> >
> > So as to these instructional meetings which precede the actual
> > installfest for a particular distro we should probably cover the
> > following:
> >
> > 1) Their new web-browsing friend: firefox
> > 2) Installing mp3-playback and playing mp3s (people gotta have their
> > music.)
> > 3) playing video/dvds
> > 4) Getting wireless to work (tricky but possible!)
> > 5) how to keep their system up to date
> > 6) common problems (such as sound, etc.)
> >
> > After a quick tutorial session like this for interested people they
> > would benefit more from the installfest simply because they would
> > understand more about the new penguin-powered operating system they
> > have on their machine.
> >
> > What do you all think?
> >
> > --Rohan
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