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===Linuxfest Organization 2007===

(For reference, link to [[LinuxFest2006|LinuxFest 2006]])

====Design====
Same as in 2006
We have 4 Rooms:
* Tux Café - used as show room, selling stuff and drinks and to discuss.
* Class Room for the courses.
* Class Room for the installations
* Class Room for the LAN Party

====General====
* Date June 30th and July 01
* Time: Saturday 8:00 to late night, Sunday 10:00 to 19:00
* Location LGL (Lycée de Garçons) Luxembourg Limpertsberg
** ONT website [http://www.ont.lu/] in the agenda: Try to add Linux Fest

====Manpower during Fest====
Please add your name here and say when you may come and what you want to do)


* [[User:AlexLoes|AlexLoes]]         : Saturday & Sunday: bring my AMD64 (if someone could help me carrying this) + Laptop, webcam
* [[User:AlainKnaff|AlainKnaff]]       : All the time. Bring my laptop
* Bob Wiscourt
* Eric Dondelinger
* Thierry Coutelier

====Advertisement/Publicity====
* Make poster (http://www.linux.lu/Fest2007/Posters). We have now possibility to print large (A0/A1) posters (in reasonable quantities) on the new plotter at the LGL.
* Hang it out in schools (prepare 4 weeks in advance, hang out 2 1/2 week in advance)
* Hang it out at work or elsewhere (only authorized places please.)
* Print as A5 (URL to be defined) and A6 (URL to be defined) flyer and distribute it (Clubs, Mailboxes, Shops ...)
* Create a WEB-banner and distribute/advertise it.
* Add the event to all calenders you know off.
* Post to all mailing lists.
* Prepare commercial advertisement.
* Prepare Press Release  [[CpLinuxFest2007]]
* Coordinate release: Proposed Release Date (to be defined)
** Luxemburger Wort
** La Voix du Luxembourg
** RTL
** Letzebuerger Revue
** Radio 100,7
** PaperJam
** Buy add space in Telecran
** Revue?
** Sipress (?) ==> coordination publicites dans presse ecrite mpk.lu presse.lu
** Spiral (?)
** Linuxmagazin & Linuxuser & Easylinux (Linux NewMedia)
** Do we make contact cards? (Visitenkaart) ([[User:PascalSteichen|PascalSteichen]]: at least a generic one, without personal names would be great)
** [please complete if you have more ideas & contacts]
** Luxbox newsletter (cf. Eric Dondelinger - tried, but they accept submissions only from paying subscribers)
** Creating space on sendar, where photos of the Linuxfest could be downloaded. AFAIK our gallery doesn't work.


Press Release :
- in French : [[CpLinuxFest2007]]
- in English :

===IMPORTANT===
Coordinate before sending.
According to Pascal, [mailto:ribeiro.paulo@gmail.com PauloRibeiro] is away. Who should coordinate?

====Goodies / Freebies====
* Use what we have.
* Kubuntu -> Thierry will check feasibility


====Administrative====
* make price list
* print forms to note down sales and new memberships

=== Organized pricelist with prepared sheets to write down what has been sold.===
===="LAN Party" (actually, more of a demo for games...)====
* Juri Chomé, Pit Wiscourt
* Get list of available native Linux games -> There are plenty of games in (K)ubuntu.
* Registration website: [''registrations closed''] or via [''registrations closed'']
* 2 game PCs should be enough

* Test in ''exact'' same configuration as being used at Fest (being careful about peripherals, such as USB mice too!)
* Organize games (2 weeks in advance)

====Demo====
*Games
** [complete this list please]

*Software
** kstars (Alex)
** ekiga (Alex, Alain K.) doesn't work due to firewall of RESTENA


====Food & drinks====
* Order soft drinks (Ets. Rossi in Dudelange)
** 3 boxes each of Coke, Vittel, Beer should be sufficient (1 week in advance)
** Order less ice-tea than 2005, we had leftovers! (one box of each type should be enough!)
** A few bottels of Beckerich, Viva
** Maybe some Rosport (Blue)
* Contact Transfair for
** Coffee
** Wine
** Snacks
* Food
** Order Pizza in time to start at 14.00.
* Free (as in liberty) Beer: [http://www.voresoel.dk/ VoresOel] ([[User:EricDondelinger|EricDondelinger]])
** Eric will start this weekend (May 26/27)

====CDs====
* We should have a couple of CDs of various distributions to hand out. 2 of each kind should be largely enough<br>(most people actually have either already bought a version themselves, or buy one at our stand)
** Kubuntu
** Fedora
** Knoppix (possibly customized [[LiLux]] version, needs time (!), yes i think its too late now, but for next year we could think of it ...) -> cf. HURD :-)
** SuSE
** Debian
** Mandrake
** OpenCD
** Plan for enough blank CDs in case we run out of one distro
** Ubuntu & Kubuntu: check when the official version may be shipped...

====Material====
Everyone MAKE SURE YOU MARK YOUR ITEMS!
* Ethernet Cables
* Hubs / switches
* Spare keyboards
* Spare monitors
* "multiprises"
* Wi-Fi access point
* Demo computers
* "Dymo" labelling machine
* Our Goodies: I think that we should buy new goodies such as Mousepads, Baseballcaps.. with a Linux Logo. What do you think?

====For demo:====
* Astronomy programs demo [[User:AlexLoes|AlexLoes]]: As I am member of AAL, I will do it.
* Sun Ultra 30 running Debian

====Tutorial====
* Registration website : http://www.lilux.lu/events/llf or via http://www.lilux.lu/events/fest/2007/register.php?type=courses
* Beamer
* [[LinuxFest2004BasicTutorial]]
* Course materials (Presentation(s), Handouts + CD )
** [[User:PierreFonck|PierreFonck]]: Installation
** [[User:ThierryCoutelier|ThierryCoutelier]]: Digikam