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[Jim Kinney]

And I distinctly remember Jeff and his laptop :)

LUGE (Linux Users Group of Emory) has currently lapsed into a state of
dormancy. we have lost many of the original members due to recent job
changes and subsequent relocation :(

The Instalathon was a fun day. As LUGE rebuilds itself, we may try another
one.

JimK

On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> About two years ago, an Installfest at Emory marked my bigtime entry into Linux.  I
> had installed it maybe three times before that, but the IBM Thinkpad I had was a
> tougher nut than I was capable of cracking at the time.  I think Jim Kinney was
> there.  I still have the LUGE Red Hat 5.1 CD I was given that day.
> 
> Anyway, it was a marvelous thing to see and I certainly encourage the practice.
> 
> Many years ago, there was a mall in Warner Robins, GA that had some kind of
> "computer fair" and I brought my Amiga along with its video camera and
> framegrabber.  Freaked the Win3.1 crowd out.
> 
> Maybe it would be possible to work one up at Perimeter Mall or Northlake?
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> Phrostie wrote:
> 
> > My previous LUG (ACLUG) had numerus install fests and networkshops.
> > they are best saved for an all day event.  ie saturday.
> > some will be in and out in an hour others will take 3 or 4 hours to get
> > everything right.
> >
> > On Sun, 03 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > > Hello Adeya,
> > >
> > > I know that one other group in Atlanta has put on an Installfest (Was
> > > it the 2600 group?)   If anyone wants to organize something like this
> > > for ALE, they would certainly have my blessing and we can put it on
> > > the web page, annouce it on the mailing lists, etc.
> > >
> > > I don't feel like  an installfest is a good thing to do during our
> > > regular monthly meeting at Tech - you will need more time and probably
> > > better access to power than we have in that room.  We may be able to
> > > find a corporate sponsor for another location, however.
> > >
> > > -Eric.
> > >
> > > Adeya Powell writes:
> > >  > http://slug.org.au/installfest2000/
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  > This is a link to what happen about an installation fest for the public.
> > >  > I was wondering can you and your members do something like that for the
> > >  > public. I wanted to join your group but I can not even get the freakin'
> > >  > thing installed. I thought your club was too advanced for me. Is it
> > >  > possible to host something like this for us simple people.
> > >  >
> > >
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> > Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Dos
> > and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings.
> > http://www.nownetworks.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy
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