[Discuss] Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest XLIV Reminder Saturday June 2, 2012

[Jerry Feldman]

Boston Linux Installfest XLIV
When:  Saturday June 2, 2012 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061
       2 Amherst St, Cambridge
       Plenty of free parking in front of the building.
	http://mitiq.mit.edu/mitiq/directions_%20parkinge51.htm
	

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 CDs that you can try out and then install.
Additionally, CD images can be pushed onto USB sticks using various USB
creators.

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 - http://fedora.redhat.com (Fedora 17 DVD/Live CD/USB)
      * Open SuSE - http://opensuse.org (OpenSuSE 12.1 - DVD/Live CD/)
      * Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com  (Precise Pangolin 12.04 CD/USB)


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. LiveCD images required under 1GB, full DVD images for Fedora
require about 4GB, and OpenSuSE needs 8GB. I usually have some USBs
prepared.


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. VirtualBox 4.1.16.
(http://www.virtualbox.org.) is free and is available for Linux, Windows
XP and Windows Vista. Additionally, there are some VMWare clients that
are also free for Windows.


Please refer to the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further
information and directions. Parking is free and available in front of
the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to
your left down 1 floor. Room 061 is opposite the elevator.

Lunch is generously sponsored By Ron Thibeau and John Ross, Bluefin
Technical Services.

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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