Re: [edlug] RE: [Scottish] Linux Install Day
Peter George wrote: Did you order a stack of Ubuntu LiveCD's as well? They'll be a better giveaway than installers for people who just want to suck it and see. IIRC the x86 CD packs come with two disks: Install and Live ... ah yes, they do: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/shipit/ PPC and AMD64 don't have Live CDs yet, ergo those packs only have the Install CD. -- _ __/| William Anderson | There's something about records which is \`O_o' neuro at well dot com | really satisfying. =(_ _)= http://neuro.me.uk/ | -- John Peel (1939 - 2004) U - Thhbt! GPG 0xFA5F1100 | ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] Linux Install Day
Personally I think that this would be a great thing to do, as long I don't have to organise it (which I don't) - I reckon this might be an incentive for many of us ;) I'm willing to help out on the day. We also suggested The Chateau as a possible venue, as they had offered previously (and IIRC have a broadband connection). Ben Thorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 22/03/2005 20:31:36: Been bit of a discussion on IRC regarding this today and the response seemed good. The idea would be to get members of the general public to bring machines along that we'd install Linux on for them. Then most likely some tutorials on Firefox, Thunderbird, GAIM and Open Office. Though the particular talks and software installed is open for debate. I personally think that Ubuntu would be the way to go as we could also give them a pressed CD to go along with it. I would be willing to attempt to organise it if others are interested in helping. Scott MacVicar ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] Linux Install Day
Ben Thorp wrote: Personally I think that this would be a great thing to do, as long I don't have to organise it (which I don't) - I reckon this might be an incentive for many of us ;) I'm willing to help out on the day. I would also be willing to lend a hand We also suggested The Chateau as a possible venue, as they had offered previously (and IIRC have a broadband connection). If we were to install the same os (ubuntu for example) and every machine then it would be much easer to just run a local mirror for the day (and so much faster). Andy McKay ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] Linux Install Day
Andy McKay wrote: [snip] If we were to install the same os (ubuntu for example) and every machine then it would be much easer to just run a local mirror for the day (and so much faster). Local mirrors can't handle multiple distros? I think having Ubuntu warty, Ubuntu hoary, FC3, FC4test1, Debian woody, Debian sarge, etc etc onsite on CDs and DVDs would be tres useful. It all sounds good, I'd be happy to muck in. I should have a 24 port nortel 10/100 switch and a 24 port netgear 10 meg hub I can loan for the event. -- _ __/| William Anderson | There's something about records which is \`O_o' neuro at well dot com | really satisfying. =(_ _)= http://neuro.me.uk/ | -- John Peel (1939 - 2004) U - Thhbt! GPG 0xFA5F1100 | ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] Linux Install Day
William Anderson wrote: Andy McKay wrote: [snip] If we were to install the same os (ubuntu for example) and every machine then it would be much easer to just run a local mirror for the day (and so much faster). Local mirrors can't handle multiple distros? I think having Ubuntu warty, Ubuntu hoary, FC3, FC4test1, Debian woody, Debian sarge, etc etc onsite on CDs and DVDs would be tres useful. It all sounds good, I'd be happy to muck in. I should have a 24 port nortel 10/100 switch and a 24 port netgear 10 meg hub I can loan for the event. yeah, im sure we could mirror as many disros as were required, i just chose ubunut as as example as it had been mentioned earlier andy by Scott on IRC. i would be able to provide a local mirror of most of the major disros for the event. ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] Linux Install Day
Hi all, Would this include installing linux in platforms other than x86? (e.g. Sparc...). I am running SuSE 7.3 on an Ultra10 machine. It is very stable, but would like to try some more up to date software on it. Have tried installing Debian a few times, but couldn't make the X work. This might be an option to give it another try and get some help from experienced users. Many thanks. Anartz On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 13:39 +, Andy McKay wrote: William Anderson wrote: Andy McKay wrote: [snip] If we were to install the same os (ubuntu for example) and every machine then it would be much easer to just run a local mirror for the day (and so much faster). Local mirrors can't handle multiple distros? I think having Ubuntu warty, Ubuntu hoary, FC3, FC4test1, Debian woody, Debian sarge, etc etc onsite on CDs and DVDs would be tres useful. It all sounds good, I'd be happy to muck in. I should have a 24 port nortel 10/100 switch and a 24 port netgear 10 meg hub I can loan for the event. yeah, im sure we could mirror as many disros as were required, i just chose ubunut as as example as it had been mentioned earlier andy by Scott on IRC. i would be able to provide a local mirror of most of the major disros for the event. ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
RE: [Scottish] Linux Install Day
http://arkaig.netresources.co.uk/~edlug/install/ Is it worth pooling resources? Well I can't imagine anyone objecting to SLUG using the install day documents up there. We got the originals from http://www.lugod.org/ FWIW I think a joint EdLug / SLuG fest would be a great idea. :-) P ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
