[Lancaster] Software Freedom Day

[Kristof Van Laerhoven]

Hi Ken, all,

 From previous experience with installfests, I think we shouldn't turn 
away people that prefer dual-boot installations (which is usually the 
majority, but we can try to persuade them once they show up). Key to 
getting enough people to show up with their laptops/PCs is to advertise 
it as much as possible - we can do posters locally here at the uni, and 
perhaps a few places in town?

I think our own computing building would be great as a place to hold 
this.. it has all the infrastructure, and Martyn suggested we could even 
ask the cafe to open up for the occasion.

Handing out Knoppix is a great idea, and hopefully the Ubuntu CDs have 
arrived by September ;)

best,
    Kristof.

Ken Hough wrote:

> Martyn Welch wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is this something we should be very interested in? :-)
>>
>> http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
>>
>> Martyn
>
>
> Yes! I would like to help if possible.
>
> From what you were saying last PM, I assume that this is likely to be 
> at the Uni. and could take the form of an 'install fest'. I could be 
> available from mid morning to late afternoon.
>
> What should the programme be? What distros/software are to be offered 
> and how? I guess that in most cases CD/DVD installation will be used, 
> so  we would need to provide enough CDs/DVDs to cover, bearing in mind 
> that on low/medium spec PCs, installation takes some time. Could also 
> do network installs. Have done this several times using SuSE -- just 
> need a set of boot floppies to start things off.
>
> Maybe we should also reckon on providing things like 'Open Office' and 
> other stuff for people who are not yet brave enough to dump MS 
> Windows. We could help these guys on their way by handing out copies 
> of 'Knoppix'.
>
> One more point: Are we going to get involved with dual booting?
>
> The usual default options can introduce a lot of problems when the 
> inevitable re-installation of MS Windows is done. Also, I understand 
> that there can be problems with NTFS partitions (ie Windows XP).
>
> Ken Hough
>