You asked for it, so we’re doing it. After some great discussion on the mailing list, folks decided it would be nice to have an installfest so we could cover some basic issues that arise when installing Linux. It’s been a while since we last held one, so it was agreed to do one now. Here’s what you need to know:

• Date: Friday, March 28, 2008
• Time: 6:00 PM - ??
• Location: 122 Nichols Hall

What you should bring:

• Your PC or laptop (or Mac). If you like, you can leave your monitor at home. We can provide one for you.
• An install CD/DVD of the distro you want to try out. A limited number of Ubuntu CDs will be available for those who want to try it. If you don’t already have a CD and want something else besides Ubuntu, bring a blank CD and we’ll help you burn an ISO.

What you should do before coming:

• Backup any and all important data on your machine.  (See Disclaimer below)
• Learn what hardware you have installed on your machine. This will be important should you have to choose kernel modules for drivers later on.
• If you want to dual-boot, defrag your harddrive multiple times so the partition you will be shrinking is as clean as possible.

If enough people are interested, we’ll pass the hat and order some pizza. The event will run as long as people are still participating.

Come and be prepared to have fun and learn something in the process.

Disclaimer: K-SLUG, K-State, and event helpers may not be held responsible for any data loss or hardware failures incurred by your experimentation. The possibility of such is very limited, but still exists. Computers are imperfect machines, as are people and software.

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