On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 12:16 +0100, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:43:04 +0100, Bryn Jones <bryn.jon...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Are you saying BUNIX is willing to help out with my own harebrained > > scheme or with an install day?. > > On a specific note - the install day. > > I will bring your scheme up at the next BUNIX meet-up though. I'm sure > some people would be able/willing to help out. Personally I'm just about > to move even further north all the way to Swindon, so I'd probably not be > much help. > > To elaborate - we have been running within the uni for a couple of years > now and have always had trouble getting new members along. *nix in general > still has too much 'geek' attached to it (ironic seeing as we target > computing degree students). We run an event once a month where we try and > get a couple of people to give a presentation on something they've used or > are doing that others might like a quick introduction to. We've also run a > hackathon and would like to do more similar events. > > One idea we have had recently as a "get students more interested" is to > run an install day. People bring along their kit and those of us with > experience help them through the installation and fixing those annoying > issues that happen here there and everywhere. Drivers for this that and > the other. It would also give some of our members a chance to ply people > with alternative systems etc. We have people familiar with various BSDs > and Solaris etc. I'm not saying people will want to install them on their > desktop but some of the more experience out there may wish to try > something new. > >
In days gone by we could probably have used the university computers as hosts, but they lock them down a lot more now. I have lost my lab, and the Computer rooms in DEC are pretty fixed. But it is simple to book a room and have everybody work there, It has wireless access, and maybe even a VLAN wired port. Makes me wonder if we could book a part of the University drinking place as a venue for the LUG meetings. Peter M. -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
