On 9/17/08, Orr Dunkelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think a good answer to whether these are needed or not is the > attendance in the last few ones. I haven't been to the last one (where > Moshik Afia has arrived), but I've been to many before, and the last > three I've attended were more populated with installers than > installees. Yes. We are talking about less than 20 installation the > whole day (or even less).
Every year is a new year with new people who wish to learn and get familiar with new things. I also don't believe that we actually organized it in such a great way where we can say that we can't improve it anymore. In case an instaparty does happen: > > > > 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.. > > most people do not use dial-up these days. > moreover, if you'll get many people, you won't have time for that. > If you'll get a few - what's the point in the whole event? You can add a special table for configurations. It's been done in the past. Most of the requests are the same. Let's call that place "Practical FAQ" :-) > I would highly suggest doing the entire installation including post > install > > configurations using GUI alone. > > an interesting approach. But it will require all the installers to be > aware of the specific GUI tools (I personally do not know even my own > distro's GUI tools, as I use command line). There's no problem in doing that today. One of way to attract new users is to show them GUI installation and post-installation. > No pounding giberish in the Terminal. It scares the newbies away :-) > > Don't enter the kitchen if you cannot stand the heat ;) Let them get into the kitchen when they got used to the smell ;) > > I say lectures aren't needed, just have lots of veterans going around > > helping people. > > > Should we have lectures on other days? Lectures can be relevant if they are done, for example, in two tracks - newbies and techies. Some lectures can be combined for both groups in the same time. Regards, Adir
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