And now answering Adir: On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Adir Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was thinking about organizing yet another Linux Installation Party, > sometime in November. > The idea is to combine it with the W2L series, so people will see that it is > not just good in "theory". > > My reasons for the need of Instaparty are: > > 1) Hands-on experience. The best way to show what you talk in the lectures > is to let them experience it. Indeed, but today you can do it without installation. We have liveCDs, and in any case, the majority of the people who arrive to this event are students, who in any way have access to *NIX machines.
> 2) People will be able to practice installation on their own computer, with > the help of a veteran installer. I personally believe that you do not need this today. Even NTFS partitioning is done quite automatically today. > 3) To show them that Linux is both easy to install and use. They will be > able to "play" with their distribution afterwards. Live-CD for playing. Installation for those who want, and I do not think that you need "Tana' demesaye" for this anymore. As the numbers from last insta parties show - people do not need this service anymore. Those who install Linux are no longer afraid of the process (and they shouldn't). There is a need for a post-installation support (Q&A session in the W2L would probably make a lot of sense). Regards, Orr. -- Orr Dunkelman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "a scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone" - Charles Darwin. GPG fingerprint: C2D5 C6D6 9A24 9A95 C5B3 2023 6CAB 4A7C B73F D0AA (This key will never sign Emails, only other PGP keys. The key corresponds to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux