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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.

Contents 1 Preperation for Installfest 1.1 Notes on Marketing for classes 2 TheOpenCd.org 3 Distros 4 Install Notes 4.1 Ubuntu 4.1.1 Post Install 4.2 "Let's Get Productive"

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

G-ma (Those that may not be as computer literate as the general public)

• Knoppix
• Ubuntu

User (Those that just want to use the system and not the ins and outs)

• Ubuntu

Hobbyist/H4X0R (Self Explanatory)

• Gentoo
• Slackware
• Ubuntu

For most people we will be offering Ubuntu.

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Install Notes

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

Ubuntu

1. pop in disk and start
   • may need to hit F12
   • select cd-rom drive
2. hit enter to boot cd
3. select language settings (most likely just hit enter)
4. 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 :-)
5. select partition to install on
6. watch the pretty red bar work its way across the screen
7. when finishes installing, hit enter (continue)
   • cd will eject
8. reboot

Post Install

1. select timezone
2. type in FULL user's name
   • example: Linus Torvalds
3. type in user name
   • example: linus
4. type in new userś password
5. prompts to download packages from internet
   • select <yes>
6. watch the text go flying by
7. select the correct max resolution
   • you wrote this down, right?
8. press <ok>
9. log in

"Let's Get Productive"

Suggested list of software to install

• Automatix2 [1]
• 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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