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This is the general notes for Installfest events. Anything that is not time-specific (only relevant to a particular Installfest), should be put here.

==== Preperation for Installfest==== 
* Advertisement
** Posters
** Marketing (Details down further)
* Name Tags
* Tech Resources needed
** Switch
** Cat5 Cables
** Monitor/Mouse/Keyboards
** Etc.
* Ubuntu Mirror
* CD Burns
** Distros
*** [[Ubuntu]]
*** [[Gentoo]]
*** [[Knoppix]]
* Documentation

===== Notes on Marketing for classes ===== 
* Laptops are very welcome
* Can do dual boots
* You can come even if you are not installing

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Recommended available hard drive space is 5-10 Gb, (10 for long-term use).

==== TheOpenCd.org ====
* Burn some copies of this to hand out to non-Installers

==== Distros ==== 
<u>G-ma (Those that may not be as computer literate as the general public)</u>
* [[Knoppix]]
* [[Ubuntu]]

<u>User (Those that just want to use the system and not the ins and outs)</u>
* [[Ubuntu]]

<u>Hobbyist/H4X0R (Self Explanatory)</u>
* [[Gentoo]]
* [[Slackware]]
* [[Ubuntu]]

For most people we will be offering Ubuntu.

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= Install Notes  = 

# *find out which monitor/screen resolution the display is*
#* write it down for future reference

== Ubuntu  == 

# pop in disk and start
#* may need to hit F12
#* select cd-rom drive
# hit enter to boot cd
# select language settings (most likely just hit enter)
# try to automatically detect wireless network (if a laptop)
#* if fails, try to automatically detect again
#* if prompted for WEP key, hit enter (we aren´t using one)
#* if fails again, try to manually configure it
#* if all else fails, give up and plug an ethernet cable in :-)
# select partition to install on
# watch the pretty red bar work its way across the screen
# when finishes installing, hit enter (continue)
#* cd will eject
# reboot

===== Post Install  ===== 

# select timezone
# type in ''FULL'' user's name
#* example: Linus Torvalds
# type in user name
#* example: linus
# type in new userś password
# prompts to download packages from internet
#* select <yes>
# watch the text go flying by
# select the correct max resolution
#* you wrote this down, right?
# press <ok>
# log in

== "Let's Get Productive"  == 

Suggested list of software to install
* Automatix2 [http://getautomatix.com]
* OpenOffice.org
* Mozilla Firefox
* Mozilla Thunderbird
* K3b
* Gimp
* Other user-specific programs
** IM and IRC clients (Pidgin, formally known as Gaim)
** Multimedia player (such as mplayer)
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