[clue-tech] Installfest wrap.

[Rita Gibson]

Just wondering when the next installfest is scheduled?
Thanks,
Rita Gibson

David L. Anselmi wrote:
> We had a good installfest last Saturday.  And for those who like the 
> big blue room, you'll note that we left you the nicer day to expose 
> yourself to the elements.
>
> For those who didn't come because you don't like installfest, let me 
> know why.  Maybe we can make it better (but we'll probably just say, 
> "where's the patch?" ;-)
>
> About 15 people came, counting wives (but not kid).  Dennis showed off 
> his EEE.  Pretty cool.  We had a decent number of gurus (including 
> David Wilson complete with Fedora) so it was pretty easy going.
>
> There were 5 fresh installs of Hardy Heron that all went pretty 
> successfully.  One was specifically to fix wifi on an old Kubuntu 
> install and Collins took care of the ndiswrapper magic.  Two others 
> needed firmware for the b43 driver and installing Ubuntu's fwcutter 
> took care of downloading and installing that, no magic required.
>
> And two systems got set up to share a FAT partition with their Windows 
> boot-mates, despite the gurus forgetting where file ownership and 
> permissions are stored for FAT (hint, it ain't anywhere in the 
> partition).
>
> chown: changing ownership of `/share': Operation not permitted...  
> What the %$#@!
>
> Four of us (plus wife & kid) had dinner afterwards and that was cool 
> too since we skipped lunch.  A guy in a Fedora wanted to order lunch 
> but he was too slow to say so.  And he skipped dinner for some theater 
> event. Sigh.
>
> The next installfest will be in July, watch here for the actual date.
>
> Dave
>
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