[BLU/Officers] Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LXX Saturday July 27, 2019

Tue Jul 23 17:08:54 EDT 2019

Looks useful. I ordered one, along with an SSD drive. We can try it out on
Saturday.

On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 7:00 AM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

> useful device for installfests etd:
>
> USB/disk case/controller that makes folder to hold ISOs, which it will let
> you mount and boot from.  Put an SSDin it for wicked fast installs.
>
> https://twitter.com/p01arst0rm/status/1153266507734028290?s=19
> http://www.zalman.co.kr/na/contents/products/view.html?no=20
> on AMZN as "IODD 2531"
>
> (i don't see it on MicroCenter.  If someone has Evil PRIME service, might
> be able to get it before Saturday.)
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 11:18 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Boston Linux Installfest LXX
>> When: Saturday July 27, 2019, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
>> Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061
>> 2 Amherst St, Cambridge
>> http://mitiq.mit.edu/mitiq/directions_%20parkinge51.htm
>> Parking is free at the E-51 lot in front of the building.
>>
>> Lunch is generously sponsored by Ron Thibeau owner of Bluefin Technical
>> Services
>>
>> What you need to bring: Your computer, monitor, power strips and your
>> Linux distributions. We do have copies of some distributions.
>> In general we have expertise with most distros, but if you need special
>> expertise, please email the BLU discussion list in advance. Today, most
>> distros are using Live images that you can try out and then install.
>> This can be copied to DVDs or USB sticks.There are a number of USB
>> creators, such as UNetbootin (https://unetbootin.github.io/). Both
>> Fedora and Ubuntu have a USB creator built in.
>>
>> COST: It's free! However, we DO have expenses, and contributions are
>> welcome. Please consider contributing $25 per machine.
>>
>> Our volunteers will help you to install Linux on your own system.  While
>> Linux runs on most systems, some systems do have configurations and
>> hardware that may not be supported. Please consult the following web
>> pages for hardware compatibility. While we prefer you to bring your own
>> distros, our volunteers will normally have
>>
>>        Linux Howto Pages: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
>>        Linux Frequently Asked Questions: http://tldp.org/docs.html#faq
>>         Additionally, there are forums and listservs for most distros.
>>
>> Generally our volunteers have sets of the latest Fedora, SuSE and
>> Ubuntu distributions:
>>        * Fedora - https://getfedora.org/ (Fedora 30 Live DVD/USB)
>>        * Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com ( 18.04.1 LTS DVD/USB or 19.04)
>>        * other distros can easily be downloaded at the Installfest
>>
>> We generally have them on local drives and can burn CDs/DVDs and
>> USBs.Since there are many variants of these distros, we advise you to
>> bring an empty USB stick with sufficient memory to hold one of the
>> distros. Live images require about 1.5GB. I usually have some USBs
>> prepared or can easily burn a USB.
>>
>> We usually have both a Wired and Wireless network available.
>> The preferred wireless SSID at MIT is "MIT". In addition John does set
>> up a local wifi.
>>
>>
>> In addition, you can run Linux on your Windows PC through a virtual
>> machine manager, such as Virtualbox. You can install this in your
>> Windows machine and run Linux as a guest OS, or install it in your Linux
>> machine and run Windows as a guest. Linux has a built-in virtual memory
>> system, but you can also download and install
>> VirtualBox 6.0 (http://www.virtualbox.org) which is free and is
>> available for Linux, Windows
>> 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Additionally,
>> there are also some VMWare clients that are also free for Windows.
>>
>> Please refer to the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further
>> information and directions. There is a parking lot in front of
>> the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator
>> your left down to the basement. Room 016 is directly across from the
>> elevator.
>>
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