[Cialug] InstallFest 2010?

[David Champion]

I think he means a booth at the DMMC 80/35 thing.

I could look into that if you guys are really interested in staffing it. 
I am usually a volunteer at the event.

-dc

Todd Walton wrote:
> Your top posting confuses me.  A cost to which part?
>
> --
> Todd
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Josh More
> <morej at alliancetechnologies.net> wrote:
>   
>> Is there a cost to that?
>>
>>
>>
>> -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC
>>  morej at alliancetechnologies.net
>>  515-245-7701
>>
>>     
>>>>> "Randle Boyd" <lowmaine at mchsi.com> 11/19/09 7:11 PM >>>
>>>>>           
>>  How about a CIALUG booth at the 80/35 music festival?
>>  -------------- Original message from David Champion <dave at dchamp.net>:
>> --------------
>>
>>
>>     
>>> The answer is: Yes, you just volunteered to organize it. :)
>>>
>>> We've done several of them in the past... the attendance has been
>>>       
>> really
>>     
>>> poor for the last few events, possibly due to a lack of advertising.
>>> Back in the "good old days", when Linux was harder to install and
>>> configure, an Installfest was a good way to help new people out. Now
>>> Linux is really easy to install, run off a live CD, or a VM image, so
>>>       
>> an
>>     
>>> Installfest has limited appeal.
>>>
>>> I think having people do demos and training on Linux and F/OSS apps
>>>       
>> may
>>     
>>> be more popular?
>>>
>>> -dc
>>>
>>> Matt Breitbach wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I would love to see something like that - I can get most things up
>>>>         
>> and
>>     
>>>> running, but having hands-on people to talk to while running into
>>>>         
>> issues
>>     
>>>> would be great!
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org]
>>>>         
>> On Behalf
>>     
>>>> Of joshstrobl at hush.ai
>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:10 PM
>>>> To: cialug at cialug.org
>>>> Subject: [Cialug] InstallFest 2010?
>>>>
>>>> Hey guys, so far I've gotten all my friends at school to switch to
>>>> Ubuntu and I was wondering if we are going to be having an
>>>> InstallFest 2010 here in Des Moines?
>>>>