On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 12:15:08PM -0800, Neil Schneider wrote: > > Carl Lowenstein said: > > This in recently from SDOSS. Perhaps we KPLUG can do something to > > redirect the publicity. I think there is nothing really wrong with > > having KPLUG installfests at ThatTechnicalBookstore once a month. If > > we do not rule out the possibility of other installfests at other > > times and places. > > I spoke to Dan(?) the owner of ThatTechnicalBookstore yesterday. We > discussed putting a link up on their web site, pointing to ours and > coordinating with KPLUG so Installfests don't conflict. There is no > reason we can't have Installfests at both National City and > ThatTechnicalBookstore as long as volunteers agree to show up at both > venues. > > The Installfest yesterday was interesting. We were getting fewer > simple requests for help with installation, and more complex questions > like "How do I get SuSE 9.2 to boot from a USB drive?". >
I'd like to mention why I wasn't there after announcing my intention to attend at the general meeting. This is definitely IAGAS. My primary purpose was to get help running DVDs on my laptop. I couldn't get FC 3 to even find the sound chip. Before bringing it in, I decided to do a clean reinstall of FC3. The image on the laptop was an upgrade from RH9, and as has been frequently noted, upgrades and installs ain't the same. During the install, the CD ROM/DVD drive crapped out. It had always been flaky, but this was total collapse. Fortunately, I had bought the extended everything warranty (a _really_ bad laptop experience taught me that machines w/o the warranty are on a high wire without a net). So it's returning to the mother ship for a reunion with its parents. Thus I spent the installfest time building a desktop out of my parts box (with a couple of quick and blessedly cheap trips to CCC). Being without a Linux machine at home is more than I can bear. Interestingly, FC3 found the sound on the new box like a champ. So while I can't yet show the kids "Mary Poppins" on long airplane flights, I can revisit my Arnie and Bridgett Neilsen collection while I wait for the laptop to come home. I really want to support installfests more, as a helper as well as a supplicant. But it was not to be yesterday. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
