Good point. Something Russ mentioned to me off-list, was Myth TV. There seems to be a lot of interest in it and a lot of people that would love some hands-on help getting it set up. Perhaps a targeted kind of install fest, like a MythTV Install Fest (as just one example) would be a good idea? Chris
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Jonathan Sheehan < jonathan.shee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In the old days, installfests were the best thing since sliced bread, > and NLUG has at times excelled at them. But by this decade, most > distros have gotten their installers to the point that the > installation is a pretty simple exercise (modulo rare hardware). > Attendance at our installfests dropped off pretty sharply, as people > found that the installation could usually be completed with a few > clicks. > > We adapted to that by combining them with "tweak-fests"- helping with > the setup of the newly-installed system for new users, getting the > multimedia working, and finding/compiling drivers for the occasional > odd bit of hardware. But we still suffered from some pretty paltry > turnout, at times. > > So I don't want to discourage the installfest plans (heck, I'll > probably show up) but to avoid disappointment, we need to have a plan > to drum up attendees -- advertise heavily to undregrads, identify > specific interested individuals, offer free software CDs -- is there > someone with marketing expertise/enthusiasm lurking this year who'd be > willing to pitch in? Otherwise, it may just be an NLUG meeting with an > overabundance of hardware -- not a bad thing in itself, of course -- > but let's make sure we match up our goals and expectations. > > -J'n > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
