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The Silicon Valley Linux User Group (SVLUG): Installfest/Workshop
LOCATION: Accent Technology 1880 Hartog Drive San Jose, CA
DIRECTIONS:
http://www.svlug.org/directions/accent.shtml
MAIN URL: http://www.svlug.org/
EVENT NOTES:
General Procedures
The event itself is usually unformatted - no pre-set schedule of activities.
When you arrive, check with the Installfest personnel (not the bookshop
employees - we do not want to interfere with their work) on where to set up your
system. We try to keep people with new installations together, and people with
troubleshooting issues together. Then go to work - our gurus will be there to
help. Feel free to ask any question.
There is no fixed schedule of acivities, though occasionally we will have an
expert come give a mini-seminar on his or her area of expertise.
Due to the finite size of the work area, we ask that you be prepared to share
tables with other installers.
What To Do
Bring your machine, including monitor and anything else it needs to work.
Bring a power strip. If we have a shortage of outlets, people who bring power
strips get priority at the wall outlets.
Whether you are doing a new Linux install or just an upgrade, make a backup of
your current system before you come. If something goes wrong, we want to be sure
that you lose nothing critical.
If you are installing a new version of Linux, bring your installation CD and
documentation. (Some Intel-based installation CDs may be there for you to use,
but don't depend absolutely on it.)
We try to have a 10baseT local-area network hooked up among our machines, so
bring your NICs!
If you have one, bring an Ethernet hub. Since attendance is somewhat
unpredictable, it doesn't hurt to have several extras. (Be sure to ask before
connecting it - we want a topology where one hub is just for other hubs to
connect to, and ideally only one-hub-deep connections from there. Some distant
parts of the room may need an extra hub for that area.)
Some regular participants have found it handy to make a box of stuff they
regularly bring to the Installfests.
What Not To Do
Don't count on others to have spare monitors, power cables, keyboards, mice,
non-Intel Linux distributions, etc... although if you intended to bring them and
forgot, ask around before driving back home to get them.
Our hours of operation are 11am to 4pm. Don't arrive at 3:00 and expect to get
much accomplished before we have to shut down for the day.
ORGANIZATION NOTES:
The Silicon Valley Linux User Group (SVLUG) is the oldest and one of the largest
Linux user groups in the world. It's a group of Linux hobbyists, professionals
and enthusiasts in the vicinity of San Jose, California, which is also
internationally known as Silicon Valley. Our members share interests in Linux
and free or low-cost implementations of Unix, as well as other open sourceTM
software. The group was originally formed in 1988 as the PC-Unix Special
Interest Group of the Silicon Valley Computer Society. SVLUG celebrated its 10th
anniversary at the March 4, 1998 meeting, where Linus Torvalds addressed an
audience of 500 people.
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