On Sat, December 16, 2006 10:42 am, Neil Schneider wrote: > > Carl Lowenstein wrote: >> In case you forgot, there is an Linux InstallFest here at the National >> City Adult Center today. Three people are here to help you, nobody >> has yet showed up to be helped. >
I wish I could be there. I have pent-up questions on problematic machines, and wish I could pack the whole bunch up and get installfest help. Unfortunately, every damn month, my other life intrudes. I either have to ditch this pesky family or find another way to get the support I crave. > Sorry I can't be there today. Maybe we should discuss cutting back on > the number of Installfests we have in the new year, or come up with a > strategy to reinvigorate them. > > We were having a discussion about collecting computers and offering > them free, preinstalled with Linux to people who normally couldn't > afford a computer. I suggested that we might want to offer a series of > classes to train the recipients as a prerequisite of receiving the > computer. Perhaps we can work out a cooperative arrangement with the > National City Adult Education Center. > > I'd like to continue to discuss this on the steering list. I think that's a great idea. I wonder how I can help, considering my poor attendence to KPLUG in general these days. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
