[Charlug] Re: install fest

[Dennis L. Clark]

Bob Evans wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:30 PM,  <jbarn at bigstring.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Bob, just discovered your linux group. I'm very new  to linux and
>> interested in finding out
>> more about the install fest this Sat. How many users do you expect to show
>> up and what
>> distros will be installed?  I haven't yet joined the group but I am
>> interested.
>>     
I'm also curious as to who we expect to attend this install fest.
Persons interested in Linux who want help on getting started? Or Linux
geeks who want to show off to each other and get into arguments on which
distribution is the best?

Seriously, is there a real need for install fests any more? There are
plenty of live CD distributions these days where you can just burn a
CD-R ISO, pop the disk in the drive, boot, and you're running Linux.
Install fests made more sense a decade ago when live CD's weren't
available and non-geeks needed help repartitioning their hard drives for
dual-boot without losing their old OS.

As for me, I may be able to use some help installing Gentoo on my
Kurobox, and perhaps Ångström on my iPAQ (although I have installed
Familiar on an iPAQ before), but I suspect I am in the minority in
needing that kind of help...