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

Wed Mar 21 10:21:59 PDT 2007

Another issue is parking - we discussed this extensively last year
when we *almost* had an installfest at Baskin. That's probably a bit
easier on weekends, though the parking restrictions have increased
since 2 years ago, alas!

I suspect the majority of people will be installing on laptops, but
there will probably be some desktop systems brought in.

P

On 3/21/07, cerise at armory.com <cerise at armory.com> wrote:
> The only thing that occurs to me wrt. Merrill is that it isn't a very
> central location and you're implicitly asking people to lug equipment up
> that hill.
>
> I can't imagine that would be good for attendance.
>
> Every installfest I ever went to was a Saturday -- though there's no reason
> Sunday wouldn't be as good, excepting religious folk.
>
> To get ports in JBE, you only have to talk to the guys at BELS.  I used to
> speak semi-regularly to Josh Homan.  If he's still around, then he should
> be able to point you in the right direction at the least.
>
> -Phil/CERisE
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 01:56:31AM -0700, Peter Belew wrote:
> > Ok, that's good - MAC-based.
> >
> > The 2 installfests Alicia Bell and Adam Thompson (and others)
> > (http://ucsc.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6704738) put on last year
> > under the auspices of cgirs.ucsc.edu were in the Nameste lounge and a
> > lounge at Stevenson, and I think they set up servers or routers
> > connected to the wired net. They concentrated on Ubuntu.
> >
> > The earlier SlugLUG installfests were always on Saturday (maybe Sunday
> > too), and attendees were about half to 2/3 UCSC people, with the
> > remainder being people from SMAUG or Cabrillo or the Santa Cruz ham
> > radio club, or a combination of those groups and other UCSC groups.
> > There didn't seem to be a lot of trouble getting use of Jack's Lounge
> > on weekends in the daytime, and Nacho's (Ignacio Solis') lab was in
> > the building, so he knew who to talk to to get ethernet ports opened
> > up, etc. People were using every known Linux distro, it seemed. These
> > were generally all-day affairs.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > On 3/20/07, Rohan Sheth <ronashet at ucsc.edu> wrote:
> > > It is MAC-based.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:43:15 -0700
> > > "Peter Belew" <abcruzww at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ok ...
> > > >
> > > > On 3/20/07, Rohan Sheth <ronashet at ucsc.edu> wrote:
> > > > > Merrill lounge does indeed have ethernet jacks as well as cruznet
> > > > > access.  I am uncertain about whether the ethernet jacks are through
> > > > > resnet (thus requiring auth) or if they are simply
> > > > > straight-internet. Even if it is resnet we can use a wifi router to
> > > > > have one person auth and then the router will hold the auth and all
> > > > > further computers connected will not require auth.
> > > >
> > > >  Yeah I figured that *should* work. A bunch of hubs and switches will
> > > > be necessary so people can install via ethernet. A bit of testing
> > > > beforehand is a good idea though, depending on how the authorization
> > > > works - does it depend on a MAC address (like of the port connected to
> > > > the wall jack), or on the end-point IP(s) - which would be of the
> > > > individual systems being installed to?
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --Rohan
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:42:36 -0700
> > > > > "Peter Belew" <abcruzww at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I am always busy Friday evening, and I suspect a lot of people
> > > > > > are. And there tend to be a lot of things going on on Friday
> > > > > > evenings that preempt facilities. Weekend daytime is in general
> > > > > > best for non-UCSC people that work. Merrill is probably good; is
> > > > > > there wired net connection there that would work for an open
> > > > > > installfest?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I wonder if anyone bothered to reserve Jack's in the past - they
> > > > > > probably did, but I had nothing to do with that aspect. Perhaps
> > > > > > some former SlugLUG people can respond on that issue.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Peter
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 3/20/07, Rohan Sheth <ronashet at ucsc.edu> wrote:
> > > > > > > I suppose we'll start with Ubuntu.  Does anyone have a spare
> > > > > > > laptop they don't mind us overwriting with an ubuntu
> > > > > > > install...or otherwise installing a bunch of random stuff on?
> > > > > > > And who is able to present on usability with ubuntu?  I imagine
> > > > > > > the most basic things to cover will include setting up
> > > > > > > alternative repositories in order to get things like
> > > > > > > win32codecs and libdvdcss.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have given up on trying to get jack's lounge...advising never
> > > > > > > replies to me and the facilities people keep telling me to ask
> > > > > > > other people.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Instead since one of my friends is the chair-person-whatever @
> > > > > > > Merrill...I'm just going to reserve the merrill (baobob) lounge
> > > > > > > and setup our meeting there.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'll get a more 'final' looking date/time after spring break
> > > > > > > when I reserve with the merill people.  Does anyone have
> > > > > > > specific preferences towards a particular day of the week or
> > > > > > > time? I was thinking a friday evening.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --Rohan
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:06:43 -0700
> > > > > > > "Peter Belew" <abcruzww at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > That sounds like a really good plan!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > - Peter
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 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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