Tinker ☀️Nov 1

Alright! Our town has our first Linux Install Party scheduled for next Saturday!

Plenty of volunteers to help out. We got a free meeting room at the library. We're installing Linux Mint as a default (but will be able to install other distros). We're putting together demo laptops this week.

Going to use this as a "first event" to iron out how to do it. Will set up to do it on a more consistent basis next year. May even make it part of the repair cafe and an official library event moving forward.

I'll let y'all know how it goes!!!

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Show threadRMNov 2
@tinker @linuxaustralia - this would be an interesting idea if you could get volunteers...
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@rowlandm @linuxaustralia - I just asked around, posted in the towns local subreddit, hopped in a few town hacker discords, and spoke to some of my friends.

I'm honestly worried we have more volunteers than we'll get attendees 🤣😅

Nov 2 at 1:07amWeb
Show threadRMNov 2
@tinker @linuxaustralia haha, that is great!!!!!
Show threadWombatadonNov 2
@tinker @rowlandm @linuxaustralia a great idea.
I work in Linux support, half the battle is getting people to install it, the other half is helping them past the pain points
- connect to wifi
- printer
- patching.
Most linuxen should make that easy, but people are people, and will want help.
I'm sure you've got it sorted, though.
Show threadRMNov 2

@tjbutt58 @tinker @linuxaustralia

I remember when trying to get WIFI was so painful in Linux!

It is an absolute breeze with Mint etc than it was before...