* slick.coo...@gmail.com <slick.coo...@gmail.com> [121129 05:00]: > On Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:20:01 PM UTC-5, Richard Owlett wrote: >> Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>> On 7/14/2012 9:39 AM, Chris wrote: >>>> From: "Richard Owlett"<rowl...@cloud85.net> ... >>> In my experience these gatherings serve mostly a social function, >>> not a technical/learning function.
Check with local colleges. Before Debian arrived at its present state of user-friendliness, Linux user groups at colleges and universities commonly hosted "Installfests" at the beginning of each semester. Students and members of the surrounding community would bring their computers, complete with monitor and, sometimes, printer, to the campus; they would leave two or three hours later with a working and properly-configured Linux configuration. Today, more comprehensive installers and almost-universal access to the Internet have diminished the need for the installfest. And today, if you do locate and attend an installfest, you likely are not going to see anyone pulling a cart loaded with a desktop machine, keyboard, monitor, and cables... RH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121129053440.ga2...@gospelbroadcasting.org
