Re: [MLUG] Installfest?

[John Engelbrecht <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

maybe have a Gentoo booth, install it like maybe
a wireless laptop, showing advantage and dis-advantage of
gentoo, what could look like with stuff like kde, gkrellm2
with some fancy plugins all, the crazy desktop stuff.
Maybe some facts from the gentoo developers on irc.freenode.net
like possible installation GUI in the near future for gentoo.

Or maybe linux on wireless, the wifi technology aint half
bad as you guys were putting it awhile back. I just need
a simple script to auto detect open master APs and hook onto them.
Todays Access point can filter MAC addresses to for further security.

Information on wireless cards with Atheros chipset has
it's own linux driver vs. Broadcom chipset who was so stuborn for
awhile to release their driver info that ndiswrapper was written
to use windows XP wireless drivers, and howto use iwconfig and
iwlist, or something like so.

And if they want to go cheap at 1st, they can just
use 1 wireless netword card as a master which turns it into
access point which will most likely be limited to 11Mbit/sec
or transfer limit around 700KBytes/sec.

Also maybe different security methods that you can have that
linux can use to connect to a private secure wireless network.

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Michael wrote:

>
> >MU-ACM is interested in putting together an
> >Installfest/Open-source-tutorial event.  However, we don't have the
> >requisite knowledge/experience/Linux-fu to do it.  Thus, this
> >preliminary, fact-finding email was born to determine whether there
> >might be some MLUG'ers willing to help with an Installfest, and if
> >there is MLUG interest in attending such an event.  The very loose
> >timeframe is sometime in the next two months.  ACM would be happy to
> >work around volunteers' schedules and tends to provide pizza at their
> >events.
> >
> >Also, if anyone had suggestions regarding where to hold such an event
> >(lots of table-ish space, electrical outlets), they would be
> >appreciated.  Finally, if I've managed to be completely off-topic, I
> >apologize sincerely.
> >
> >
> I'd suggest passing out Live CD's instead of, or along with, offering
> installs. Ubuntu could be cool or you could customize one for your
> anticipated audience.
>
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> Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
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