I would like, on behalf of myself and Maya, to express my disappointment in the Linux Day we had yesterday. Adir, while you did take leadership of the project, I feel dissatisfied with the way things worked out.
The most basic necessities for an installfest were unavailable. Power bricks were in short supply, and there was no network available. There was not even a proper screen on which to project a demonstration. Without these, I feel, there's no point of having the linux day at all, A second, very important part, was the choice of distribution. The majority's vote was for Ubuntu - a distribution that I myself, as well as other Haifux participants, have been using and thoroughly testing (for user-friendliness, stability, support, etc.) for a very long time - two years, in my case. However, the distribution which was chosen was OpenSuSE (which was recommended only by Adir). Only one installation was accomplished, despite our best efforts - and this with a DVD which seems to have been burnt properly (because it installed properly on Adir's laptop). From chats I had with some of the arrivers, this is a known issue with SuSE. Furthermore, for people without DVD drives (and such people did arrive, and we must recall that most people are inclined to install Linux rather on their older machines), SuSE has an inordinate 5-6 CDs, which weren't even made available. Almost all installations which were performed yesterday ended up being Ubuntu, from makeshift burnt CDs (all installs but one were flawless, BTW, and that one had a severely damaged hard drive) However, the most important part which was missing was advertising. Everyone but the organizers shared this complaint: They found out about it too late (if they had found out earlier, they would have brought their machines). This is particularily peculiar, seeing as the Yes sponsorship was intended to fix exactly this recurring, well-known problem. I hope to see better solutions for these problems for the next Linux Day. -- To necessity... and beyond! Ohad Lutzky -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
