{"id":52,"date":"2007-06-07T12:25:31","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T16:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ale.org\/new\/2007\/06\/07\/the-supersized-atlanta-linux-install-fest-and-social-forum-support-spectacular\/"},"modified":"2007-06-07T12:25:31","modified_gmt":"2007-06-07T16:25:31","slug":"the-supersized-atlanta-linux-install-fest-and-social-forum-support-spectacular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ale.org\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"The Supersized Atlanta Linux Install Fest and Social Forum Support Spectacular"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Announcing the
\nSupersized Atlanta Linux Install Fest
\nand Social Forum Support Spectacular <\/font> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, June 16th, 10:00am to 6:00pm
\nat Taylor Letter Service,
\n385 Northyards Blvd. NW, Atlanta<\/p>\n

An Open Source Software project from members of
\nthe Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts and the USSF Information
\nand Communications Technology group in support of
\nthe the U.S. Social Forum event being hosted in Atlanta
\nfrom June 27th through July 1st!
\n http:\/\/www.ussf2007.org <\/a><\/p>\n

Please join us for some free treats and beverages and
\nhelp install GNU\/Linux on over 60 reclaimed computers!
\nBring your own systems for installation and tech support!
\nHelp to raise computer literacy on a global scale!<\/p>\n

EVENT DETAILS:
\n The global community supporting Freedom Friendly Linux
\nand Open Source Software will have an active presence at this
\nyear’s global community conference for promoting Freedom
\nFriendly ideals of social justice, democracy and civil liberty.
\nIn keeping with the principles of the Social forum, the vision
\nof the USSF Information and Communication Technology
\nteam (ICT) is a free and open source powered infrastructure
\nto provide Internet access and communications support for
\nmedia, administrative and public information functions
\nthroughout the U.S. Social Forum event.<\/p>\n

The USSF ICT team is currently on task to prep, install and
\ndeploy from 60 to 90 reclaimed PIII computers for use as
\nLinux workstations at the forum’s main Civic Center venue,
\nso they are hosting, in association with members of the
\nAtlanta Linux Enthusiasts and other Georgia Open Source
\nsoftware groups, The Supersized Linux Install Fest and Social
\nForum Support Spectacular.<\/p>\n

While the support project is the primary focus of the event,
\nthis will still be a regular Linux Install Fest as well, so everyone
\nis invited to bring their own systems for installation, trouble
\nshooting, or just to show off.<\/p>\n

Everyone will also be welcome to present their systems for
\na fast network install of the USSF’s slightly customized (32bit)
\nversion of the latest Ubuntu distro. [ For network installs we
\nare requesting minimum system requirements of a PIII 750mhz
\nprocessor, 256meg memory, working (bootable) CD rom drive,
\n10gig hard drive, 10\/100 nic and VGA Graphics support of
\n1024×768 screen resolutions ].<\/p>\n

Many monitors, keyboards and mice will be available for
\neveryone’s use. Some free food and free beverages will be on
\nhand in keeping with the free software and free thinking of all
\nthe participants in the Supersized Linux Install Fest and
\nSocial Forum Support Spectacular!<\/p>\n

ALSO PLEASE NOTE that donations or loans of 10\/100 network
\ndistribution hardware and cabling for use at the forum will be
\nvery greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n

LOCATION DETAILS:
\nTaylor Letter Service, 385 Northyards Blvd. NW, Atlanta is
\nlocated near the Georgia Tech Campus and Coca-Cola
\nheadquarters, just off of North Avenue near it’s intersection
\nwith Northside Drive. Northyards Blvd. is a cul-de-sac and
\nTaylor Letter Service is at the last driveway on the road.<\/p>\n

For any additional information needs, please contact:
\nAaron Ruscetta
\n( ICT, ALE, LNS )
\n404.315.0406<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Freedom Friendly computing for Freedom Friendly activism!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}