installfest support

[Leah Cunningham]

Colin Smillie (csmillie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org) [050508 14:51]:
> On 5/8/05, David J Patrick <davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I've never attended or read about an installfest before.  Is the goal
> to take the users PC and install Linux for them?  Or do they install
> linux themselves and agree to the choices/risks as outlined by the
> distribution they choose?  I was thinking the installfest would be
> somewhere where you get assistance installing linux yourself (
> possibly with someone watching/assisting ) and many of the risks above
> would be limited.

This is the decision of the installee.  I've seen everything from
people who wanted someone else to do the driving while they watched
and asked questions to people installing entirely themselves and
maybe asking one or two questions here or there.

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