Re: [activities] Call for participation: SLUG Bootcamp

[Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 9 May 2007, Craige McWhirter <craige@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 01:26 +1000, Del wrote:
> > > For technical and simplicity reasons, the computers will all be running
> > > Ubuntu on Tap[4].
> >
> > Is there any real reason for this, apart from "SLUG is an acronym for
> > Sydney Linux Ubuntu Group".
>
> I think the link Srid provided explains the reason why:
>
> [4] http://www.ucc.asn.au/services/ubuntu.ucc

Other Committee members might want to correct me on this, but I recall that 
the reason for selecting a network booting option was because HP does not 
want us altering what is on the hard drives of their computers. It also 
simplifies management for us. Having multiple network booting servers (for 
other distros) adds another layer of complication that we would prefer to 
avoid.

A possible alternative would be to use liveCDs for other distributions. As 
always, suggestions are welcome.

> >  I'm certainly not going to be sending along any clients or co-workers
> >  or friends, who are only using Red Hat and/or Fedora, to bring their
> >  laptops or systems in and learn Ubuntu.
>
> I'm sure that if anyone was willing to provide install services for
> other distros they'd be most welcome to do so.

Provided that it is consistent with the newbie-friendly image that we are 
trying to present, then absolutely.

-- 
"Let's sell these people a piece of blue sky." - L. Ron Hubbard

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