[kwlug-disc] Installfest help needed

[Paul Nijjar]

So word has gotten out that as part of Software Freedom Day we are
making Linux machines available for free/cheap, and I am kind of
worried that we might be overwhelmed with people wanting machines.

We have enough hardware to make 30-40 computers available easily, but
we will need some help in getting these computers ready to be given
away. We are billing this event as a "Build Your Own Computer" day,
but like a cooking show we are doing a bunch of preparatory work
beforehand. 

We could really use some help in two ways: 

- Helping prepare computers for the event. We have a work party
  planned for this Wednesday at 6pm to do this; contact me for
  instructions on how to get in.

- Helping out during the day. It would be really nice if we had enough
  volunteers so that everybody who comes in to get software installed
  had their own helper, but that would take volunteer support. If you
  could sign up for a two or three hour shift on the day of the event,
  that would be a huge help. Many people are going to get an imaged
  version of Xubuntu 14.04, but some people will want other things
  (regular Ubuntu, Fedora, or other things) and that will take
  additional support.

If you can help us in either or both of these ways please let me know.
The advantage to this event is that if it is a success then there will
be a lot of people who are using free software operating systems for
the first time. (In some sense that is the disadvantage too.) 

- Paul 

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