Installfest This Thursday
Submitted by menglert@uoguelph.ca on October 18, 2007 - 17:04.
SOCIS will be running a Linux Installfest next Thursday (October 25th) in the Reynolds basement lab (room 001A.)
EDIT: Starting at 7:00 PM
What's This Event About?
SOCIS exec and the local gurus will help you install linux along side windows on your computer, wether it is a laptop or desktop.
Almost any computer can run linux, but you will need around 7 Gigabytes of disk free to make the linux partition. It is also a good idea to run a defrag before coming, as these can take quite a while.
For those who bring a desktop we have displays, mice, and keybords available, so all you need to do is bring your tower.
If you bring a laptop, please bring you power cable.
If you have any questions, please feel free to post.
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Backups
To be safe I would suggest backing up any important information before coming as well. Loosing data is EXTREMELY rare but it does occur. It usually happens when someone's hard drive is corrupt or overly fragmented.
Bryan Heisler
"Half the lies I tell aren't true"
--Elazmeh
I would suggest...
Backing up any important information at all times! :) Not just before Installfests.
Remember the two rules of computing:
1. Back it up.
2. Do it now.
See you there!
- Dave Heppenstall
B.Comp Senator (New B.Comp Info Website)
someone want to do a proper
someone want to do a proper setup of ubuntu for me? im having all sorts of problems with it...
Aaron
-no affiliation...
-depending on who you ask, i'm either 2nd or 3rd or 4th year BComp.
That's what we do,
that is what installfest is all about, Bring your computer buy and we will see what we can do...
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Matt Englert
SOCIS System Admin
You diving into 7.10? You
You diving into 7.10?
You must be so happy to not need partition magic any more :D
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Andrew
New and old
We will have both 7.04 and 7.10 available.
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Matt Englert
SOCIS System Admin
Installation CD
I won't be able to attend Installfest, as I've got prior commitments. Is there any way I could get an installation CD so I could install linux myself? I don't have access to a CD burner, so I can't just download it myself.
And just to make sure, it is the same version of linux as in the labs, right?
7.04 is what is in the
7.04 is what is in the labs.
I can save one for you, send me a email and we can find a time to exchange...
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Matt Englert
SOCIS System Admin