whatever you do - please be careful with choosing ubuntu - version 8.04 completely broke sound support for many programs i'm talking about usability - not about politics) - and people kept asking questions about this issue on the various forums, at least until august (i stopped looking, since by that time i managed to somehow work around most of the sound issues).
i understood that in fedora 9 (that also integraded soundpulse to some extent) - this problem does not exist. sound is quite an important feature for people's desktops. --guy Dave Roi wrote: > Hi, > > I believe instaparties are still needed, just with more focus on post > install configuration and usage instructions. > > I suggest focusing on installing all the cool packages that are needed > but aren't installed by default like setting up the dial up connections > to their ISPs, codecs, fonts, rar, ace, etc.. > I'm sorry but the default install still lacks too much functionality and > most newbies aren't aware of their existance. > > I would highly suggest doing the entire installation including post > install configurations using GUI alone. > No pounding giberish in the Terminal. It scares the newbies away :-) > Show them the fun stuff, the cool music players like amarok and Listen, > Elisa the media center, Nexuiz/Urban terror etc, NOT vim and programing. > How about a few stations on the side for people to play Nexuiz against > each other? :-) > > I say lectures aren't needed, just have lots of veterans going around > helping people. > > About the distro choice, I would go the Ubuntu way for the following > reasons: > > 1. That's the name most people have heard (from friends etc..). > 2. That's what they see in the faculty. > 3. Wubi, The windows Ubuntu Installer is the easiest way to dual boot. > No partitioning required. > > About KDE, Haven't tried the 4.1.1 release yet, but 4.1 wasn't ready for > any real use. > I'm a gnome guy but that's a matter of personal taste. > > Hopefully I'll be able to join the instaparty and help, it depends what > day/time is decided. > > > Dave. > > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 14:14, Orr Dunkelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > And now answering Adir: > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Adir Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > _______________________________________________ > Haifux mailing list > Haifux@haifux.org <mailto:Haifux@haifux.org> > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Haifux mailing list > Haifux@haifux.org > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux