[Cialug] InstallFest 2010?

[Matt Stanton]

It would make sense to have a few cds, but not very many.  What would be 
useful would be for someone to bring a computer with a dvd burner and a 
stack of cds and dvds to burn.  We could assign people who are committed 
to showing up early the task of downloading a few distro ISOs to bring 
in on thumbdrives or whatnot.  It would also be radically handy to have 
the 'burner computer' set up with usb-creator-gtk or any similar USB 
startup disk formatter for those who want to speed up their netbook over 
XP home with ubuntu netbook remix or something.  I'm sure many of you 
probably work in environments where netbooks are popular, so some 
workplace bulletin board posts would be in order.

I would imagine that we could have pretty good success with netbook 
linux installs, since a netbook isn't the sort of thing you would use 
for gaming or any other tasks that keep people glued to windows (even I 
have a Vista Ultimate on my home desktop because I'm hopelessly addicted 
to Left 4 Dead 2 and various other Valve games).

We could also have a person designated for adding people who show up at 
the event to the cialug mailing list so that they can get any support 
they need for their new linux install later.
> I wouldn't get too gung-ho about obtaining / burning large quantities of 
> CD's... historically we always end up with lots of leftovers. Not trying 
> to rain on your parade...
>
> If we did do some promotion, we might have better attendance. Just takes 
> a few people with some enthusiasm and a little creativity.
>
> -dc