Sunday 31 August 2003 there will be a Free Software Workshop at
Three Jewels Refuge and Free Internet Cafe
211 East 5th Street
east of Third Avenue
Island of the Manahattoes
Subway: Eighth Street stop on the N, R, sometimes W, lines; Astor Place on
the 6 line; Third Avenue on the crosstown L line; Lower East Side-Second
Avenue-Houston Street on the F, V lines
Note that some of these lines may not be running right this weekend.
The Workshop will start at 3:00 pm and run until 9:00 pm.
This Sunday we will build or restore at least one IBM style x86 computer
and install a free operating system on the newly functioning machine.
If you want to bring interesting hardware which runs free software we'd
like to see it. In particular, though most of the hardware of the Xbox is
not unusual, we'd like to see an Xbox boot a free operating system.
This meeting is free and open to the public.
There are certain rules which will be strictly observed:
1. No meat eating inside the Refuge.
2. No personal abuse.
Every member of every free software org, tribe, drinking club, and family,
is invited, without prejudice, without fear, and without favor.
Newcomers are particularly invited. Come down and join us, even if you are
just starting to learn about free software.
If you bring your computer and want help installing a free OS we will help.
Bring whatever CDs, DVDs, tapes, wax cylinders, quipus, memorable stanzas,
black cubes, etc. of your favorite operating systems and software. See
below about management of stuff you bring with you.
Please read the appended standard blurb about Install Fests before you come
down, if you hope to get stuff installed. Note that this Workshop does not
include a full Install Fest, but we will not refuse anyone who wants help
installing.
Jonas Arnaldo and Kevin Mark and Jay Sulzberger will be available to answer
any questions we may.
In the next few weeks we will have these meetings:
1. Second part of Introduction to Common Lisp: Lisp and RoboCup,
http://www.lispnyc.org
2. Introduction to network security, special emphasis on time series
analysis and key management
3. How to buy parts and assemble a computer well suited to run a Free *n*x
We thank the Three Jewels, LXNY, and GNUbies for their generous help in
making this Fest possible, and we thank the Three Jewels for hosting this
Workshop, and Sunday Workshops to come, Sundays of Free Software in
New York City.
Jay Sulzberger <secretary@lxny.org>
Corresponding Secretary LXNY
LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization.
http://www.lxny.org
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what="standard Install Fest blurb">
Here is general information about Install Fests:
Hardware: Bring the boxes on which you wish to run a Free OS.
Software: Bring whatever distribution CDs, boot and rescue disks, boot
managers, tiny distributions, manuals, and anything else you
want.
Important: Everything done to/with any computer at any Install Fest,
and in particular, at this Install Fest, is done at the
specific request of the owner of the computer. As with
all human endeavor, there is some risk of catastrophe.
Back up all your data, before coming to the Fest! In addition,
make a list of all hardware and media you bring to the Fest,
and check that you have all your hardware and media when you
leave the Fest.
Useful reading:
http://www.netcom.com/~casandra/mirr...uidelines.html
http://linuxmafia.com/bale/linuxprep.html
http://www.luv.asn.au/if/preparation.php3
The LDP hardware HOW-TO:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/index.html
Linux pre-install checklist:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/P...ist/index.html
Linux post-install mini-checklist:
http://algolog.tripod.com/postlnx.htm
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/P...ist/index.html
http://www.lxny.org
http://www.gnubies.org
http://www.nylug.org
http://www.sixgirls.org
http://www.fsf.org
http://www.debian.org
http://www.multicians.org
http://www.gnu.org/projects/dotgnu
http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net
http://www.nsa.gov/selinux
http://www.linux.org
http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd
http://www.squeak.org
http://www.freebsd.org
http://www.netbsd.org
http://www.openbsd.org
http://www2.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/prof/proj/hello
http://www.daemonnews.org
http://slashdot.org
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems
http://www2.tunes.org/Review/OSes.html
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