Linuxfest2008

Linuxfest Organization 2007

(For reference, link to LinuxFest 2007)

This is our 10 year anniversary and we would like to have something special.

Design

If possible outside:

• Tent where we server drinks and food
• Music: DJ or we could even ask for HMM to do a small concert (would bring at least their supporters)
• Children's playground. (We have already volunteers for this part)

Inside almost as always:

• 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 July ??
• Time: Saturday 8:00 to late night, Sunday 10:00 to 19:00 or only Sunday ?
• Location LGL (Lycée de Garçons) Luxembourg Limpertsberg or somewhere better ?
  • ONT website [1] 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)

• Thierry Coutelier organization.

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.
• Go to an imprimerie to get real Poster.
• 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) (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.

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...)

• who ?
• Get list of available native Linux games -> There are plenty of games in (K)ubuntu.
• Registration website: [registrations closed] or via [registrations closed]: New site?
• 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
  • ??
  • ??

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: VoresOel (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
  (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 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 )
  • PierreFonck: Installation
  • ThierryCoutelier: Digikam