[Novalug] Linux For Beginners

Jean Figarella jfigarella@vecna.com
Sun Nov 30 18:14:17 EST 2008


Charles M Howe wrote:
> Kevin,
>
> I will organize the installfest. (Well, I will TRY to get a respectable
> audience.) What you-- and others- are to do is conduct it. There is a
> difference.
>
> I've said it before and I'll say it again: Being able to say you are
> fluent in Linux OUGHT to improve an application to college.
>
> And the fact that it is free as in beer might just influence a few
> people, especially parents.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 11:24 -0500, Kevin Cole wrote:
>   
>> Charlie the Perpetual Newbie, groveling, says
>>     
>>> Probably Kevin Cole will conduct an installfest at a location in the
>>> City of Alexandria sometime in the next two months. Volunteers? I,
>>> personally, am in the desperate-for-an-upgrade category, but the target
>>> audience is high schoolers, maybe even a few ventursome middle
>>> schoolers, parents, teachers, school system employees, i.e., teachers,
>>> etc. Cite availability. Date should NOT interfere with Inauguration
>>> events.
>>>       
>> My DSL goes down for a long weekend and look what happens...  For the
>> record, Charlie asked if I could help him w/ an install and I said
>> "Yep."  Leaping from that to "will conduct an installfest..." is,
>> well... I suppose if others wanna show up, fine and dandy.  But to
>> paraphrase Alfred E. Neuman "What, me organize?"
>>     
Please keep us posted. I would like to help and I promise not to mention 
Slackware or Gentoo.

--Jean



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