Does next Wednesday at 8 o'clock sound good?
Galen Justus Wilkerson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Gary Johnson is probably a good person to organize this. He was going
> to mention this idea to the movie group, along with the ACM issue.
>
> He should be put on this list... and we should let him know that we
> "volunteered" him. Basically, the only organizing is to pick a date
> and place, and bring your computers, maybe instead of the movie one week.
>
> G
>
>
> Quoting Alba Gabriela Garay Romero <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Hi Angelica!!!
>>
>> It is good to hear from you and all the ideas you have given to us about
>> organizing this activity... Would you have time to help us out with
>> something if
>> we can organize the event?
>>
>> I don't think anything like this has been organized since 2003...and
>> it seems
>> there is a general interest...
>>
>> What the rest of the CSSA Mailing List think about the right time for
>> this
>> activity?
>>
>> Please, share your thoughts,
>>
>> Thanks, Angelica!!!
>>
>>
>> Gabriela
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting "A. N." <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>>> I don't post much but I listen. I led the first Linux install party
>>> at UVM
>>> in 2003. I'm not offering to lead this time. I'm no longer a
>>> student there.
>>> But I'm glad that you're thinking of holding another event such as
>>> this. At
>>> that time, other students, mostly CS grad students, were holding
>>> events on
>>> topics such as Emacs and GCC.
>>>
>>> I don't know if there have been other Linux events since the one
>>> in 2003.
>>> My only source of news is the CSSA list and occasional meetings with
>>> UVM
>>> folks I know.
>>>
>>> The first event had the following format:
>>>
>>> On Thursday or Friday, there was a demonstration of an install on
>>> one of my
>>> test machines. The test machine had WIndows 98 on it because the
>>> Windows
>>> pagefile is more easily managed that way. The test machine also had
>>> a Rage
>>> Pro video card because I wanted people to see the video problem that
>>> often
>>> occurs with an install and how to fix it the long way with
>>> xf86config. I was
>>> stacking the deck in order to demonstrate as much as I could. This
>>> took 2
>>> hours and attracted considerable attention from people I had never
>>> met - I
>>> assume, grad students.
>>>
>>> Then on Saturday, I had the Library cafe area reserved, with
>>> refreshments,
>>> and had asked people to bring their PCs and laptops. I brought
>>> multiple
>>> copies of Red Hat, SuSE, and Knoppix, and we installed together on
>>> several
>>> machines, helping each other as problems arose. Other people
>>> brought Debian
>>> and several other Linux versions. We were there about 4-6 hours. The
>>> advantage of the cafe was the internet connection, the tables and
>>> the space.
>>> However, there were about 1/4 of the people at this event than the
>>> first.
>>>
>>> The main issue that arose during installation was the video problem,
>>> especially with laptops. I will look for my notes on video issues
>>> because
>>> they are still common,and will post them when I find them.
>>>
>>> I wish you all the best with this one!
>>>
>>> Angelica Nelson (married name)
>>>
>>> Galen Justus Wilkerson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Yes,
>>>
>>> and I think it would also be fun and interesting to invite down people
>>> from ACM at McGill or UQAM, etc.
>>>
>>> http://acm.cs.mcgill.ca/
>>> or this looks interesting:
>>>
>>> http://montreal.siggraph.org/about-us
>>>
>>> Maybe just send an open invitation for them to come present their
>>> projects and talk about their department. We could offer to hot them,
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> Galen
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------
>>> We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love
>>> (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.
>>
>
|