time==money. Installing customizable setup means every desktop is to pass a whole series of adding/removing packages, according to the client's wishes. As much as I approve of such setup (hey, it's *the* best setup!), it means that every computer is to be on the "Rampa" about 3-4 hours, at least. Unavoidable. If we can maintain ~60 installation terminals, we could do this, not to mention ~60 installers, all very aquainted with very package on every distro they are to install (and bringing #2 into consideration, it means about 3/4 distros, with one or two main...) I vote for the other way around - Let people have a default setup (and it should be no more then 5Gb total, preffered 3), some of the hardware working, some does not (as it always is), and let them configure it themselves, using lectures regarding hardware setup (with real life examples of real life hardware - TV cards, Video cards, sound(!)) including real-life links, and adding a "hot line" of support. Tell them more about support options (forums, our brand new "hot-installee-e-mail", etc.) and let them learn alone, using out help, as Linux's spirit is of learning. Nothing is gained from "someone's doing your job" in Linux, unless you don't care a bit about this system, or you're just not the type (which is pitty. Bill's system is for you, then) No personal customizations, no personal setups, just one whole setup of predefined defaults. My idea of "Mass installation".
Ez. On Sunday 01 February 2004 03:12, Shlomi Fish wrote: > Hi all! > > I think that in future installation parties we should simply mandate that > people who wish to install their systems will either: > > 1. Buy a set of CDs from us. > > 2. Bring one from home, so we can install it for them. > > 3. Wouldn't mind downloading extra packages from the Internet using urpmi, > apt, yum, or whatever. > > This will make sure we can install a minimal or default system which will > take less time, and will cause us less aggravations. It will also be good > for the installees because they will be able to customize their system > and install missing components, a posteriori. > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Home Page: http://t2.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/ > > You are banished! You are banished! You are banished! > > Hey? I'm just kidding! > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) > To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
