As a newer TriLUG member I just wanted to say that the installfest was great. I got the chance to meet some new people and get insight into more things going on in the linux world. I had a thought amongst all the email and after going to the UNC auction..... Maybe we could target a specific school, have an installfest with older equipment that people would be able to donate, then set up a private linux network for that school. It would create awareness and allow students to 'play' without too much worry of breaking anything. We could even set up a 'server' with DHCP, a couple other supporting machines, then have a couple more machines meant for multiple re-installs so students can get comfortable with the OS(we'd have to decide on a standard of Linux to make things a little less confusing of course)....
Does anyone know of a local school, university, etc. who would be interested in receiving such a collection of hardware? Are there any 'geek' teachers out there who would maybe want to add some linux instruction into their curriculum? It is just a thought but with all the extra 'old' hardware out there it would be a good way to teach, demonstrate that hardware has more longevity than most people are lead to believe, and give a good excuse to get together. ...just my thoughts. Take care, Ralph Castanza At 11:00 PM 5/11/2002 -0400, you wrote: >On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 08:50 PM, Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney wrote: >>It was standing room only, and after this one, I think we need to do >>installfests more than once a quarter! > >Well, that would put the next one sometime in August..... which is about >the time school starts. How many Freshmen (or upperclassmen, for that >matter) at State, UNC, and the billion other odd schools around here could >use a fresh Linux install just before classes start? > >jf >-- >John Franklin >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >ICBM: 35�43'56"N 78�53'27"W > >_______________________________________________ >TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug >TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
