Since we are doing this with less than 1 day notice there is no doubt that we are doing it inpromptu and without any preparation. Still its excellent that 4/5 volunterers are turning up everyday. On saturday/sunday I am planning to distribute flyers. But there is no time for printing so I can only do photocopy.
-Saugata --- "A. Mani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Palash and I were at the stall for most of the time. > Soumyadip, Arijit > and others arrived later at ~6.45. The coordination > was certainly not > upto the mark... Palash said that SUSE was on the > one with the defective > RAM and FC3 on the other two. The Begali one was ok, > but slow. After I > showed "SUSE' to some, it became 'Debian' with over > 16,000 packages and > finally it was found to be 'FreeDuc' with less RAM > difficulties. But > there were lots of interested people. The blue > screen desktop is the > worst for demonstrating anything to newcomers. > > In the other PC I tried to chainload FC3 first, > then passed all the > usual commands for that particular kernel version. > It did not work > (cause it was Gentoo with some other kernel no.). > Anyway, as nobody had > any CDs apart from FC1...I demonstrated the > installation process a few > times...ignoring the network. > > The Amar PC people maintain the stall as some > kind of fish market > and with poor quality speakers. Which should be some > cause for concern. > > > Best, > > A. Mani > Member, Cal. Math. Soc > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Doubt Everything > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
