[ale] Alternate OS InstallFest

[Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam]

Hi Venkat,
I can pass it by the organizers, but the the following would be against it:
1. As mentioned, I am trying to be as Linux agnostic as possible. 
2. It makes more sense as a panel rather than a event

So I will suggest it as a panel event.  

Thanks,
Vaidhy


On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 03:21:52PM -0500, Venkat Swaminathan wrote:
> 
> I have a suggestion for an event. You could have people
> put up stalls/booths/tables with their personal experiences 
> with Linux e.g. like the talk we had the other day about 
> the LRP. Peopl could either bring their own machines or put 
> up a poster session which details on how they went about 
> getting a particular activity done with Linux.
> 
> A few topics I can come up with off the top of my head are
> 
>  -  Large disks with Linux (common FAQ)
>  -  How to set up a home network using Linux (using either
>     single or multiple machines -- firewalls, IPmasq, etc.)
>  -  Samba, or Linux-Windows coexistence at home or at work
>  -  Kernel patching and compilation
> 
> Yes, all the above are FAQs and are probably addressed by 
> reading a dozen documents. However, the above event will serve
> to bring the wannabes and the been-theres together.
> 
> -venkat
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam [mailto:vaidhy at loonys.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 2:09 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: [ale] Alternate OS InstallFest
> > 
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> >   I have picked up the organizational responsibilites for the 
> > InstallFest at @LANta.con scheduled on Mar 31 evening to Apr 
> > 2 forenoon. The major bulk of InstallFest is going to be on 
> > Apr 1 (Saturday). If there is anyone who can spare their time 
> > on that day, please let me know. The following is to give an 
> > idea of what to expect:
> > 
> >   The OS I am planning to include are five distros of Linux 
> > (Debian, RedHat, SuSe, Corel and Slack) , FreeBSD, NetBSD and 
> > if someone has it, demo version of Be and probably GNU/HURD 
> > for those hardcore guys. If any of you has any expericence in 
> > installing any/some/all of these OS and would like to give a 
> > helping hand, please mail me. 
> > 
> >   OTOH, if you want any of these installed on your machines, 
> > please mark Apr 1 off and come over to @LANta.CON with your machines. 
> > 
> > For everyone, a short list of planned events are :
> > 24 hr gaming (Quake II/III, Unreal tournament, Tribe)
> > Rootwarez (Try to haqck into a installed server and/or into 
> > other's machine)
> > Anime/ Movie for the duration of the conference
> > Set of panels on different topics (not all of them related to 
> > computers)
> > and a bunch of fun games. 
> > 
> > Any other ideas are welcome,
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Vaidhy
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